Vulnerability · Published Nov 3, 2026 · Assigned by nvidia
CVE-2026-65140
Medium 5.7
In plain English
A medium-severity incorrect authorization in Slurm from NVIDIA. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 3% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.7Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.1%top 97.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
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.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | slurm-wlm | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-65140 |
| Debian:13 | slurm-wlm | 24.11.5-4+deb13u1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-65140 |
| Debian:14 | slurm-wlm | 26.05.4-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-65140 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | slurm-wlm | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-65140 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | slurm-wlm | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-65140 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-863 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N