Vulnerability · Published May 13, 2021 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2021-31215

High 8.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in the slurm-wlm package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 2.9% (higher than 87% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)2.9%top 13.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

SchedMD Slurm before 20.02.7 and 20.03.x through 20.11.x before 20.11.7 allows remote code execution as SlurmUser because use of a PrologSlurmctld or EpilogSlurmctld script leads to environment mishandling.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12slurm-wlm20.11.7+really20.11.4-2DEBIAN-CVE-2021-31215
Debian:13slurm-wlm20.11.7+really20.11.4-2DEBIAN-CVE-2021-31215
Debian:14slurm-wlm20.11.7+really20.11.4-2DEBIAN-CVE-2021-31215

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a n/a n/a

References