What is CVE-2026-65140?

CVE-2026-65140 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NVIDIA Slurm, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 5.7/10. Published 2026-11-03.

How severe is CVE-2026-65140?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.7 out of 10.

Auth bypass in NVIDIA Slurm

CVE-2026-65140

NVIDIA Slurm contains some inconsistent authorization checks against the Operator permission level in the SlurmDBD that can be chained together in a way that would permit an Operator to make themselves an Administrator.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

Published 2026-11-03 · last modified 2026-11-03.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

No EPSS score from FIRST.org yet. New CVEs usually get one within a few days; no score means no signal yet, not low risk. How EPSS works.

Affected products

NVIDIA Slurm — versions 25.05.0 through 25.05.8, 25.11.0 through 25.11.7, 26.05.0 through 26.05.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-863 — Incorrect Authorization

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-65140?: CVE-2026-65140 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NVIDIA Slurm, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 5.7/10. Published 2026-11-03.
How severe is CVE-2026-65140?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.7 out of 10.