Privilege escalation in SchedMD Slurm



Risk Low
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2023-41914
CWE-ID CWE-362
Exploitation vector Local
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Slurm
Server applications / Remote management servers, RDP, SSH

Vendor SchedMD

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.

1) Race condition

EUVDB-ID: #VU82228

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 7.4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-41914

CWE-ID: CWE-362 - Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a race condition within the slurmd/slurmstepd processes. A local user can exploit the race and gain take ownership of an arbitrary file on the system.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Slurm: 22.05.0.1 - 23.02.5.1

CPE2.3 External links

https://groups.google.com/g/slurm-users/c/N9WHFVefSHA


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

The attacker would have to login to the system and perform certain actions in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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