#VU53685 Security restrictions bypass in Slurm - CVE-2021-31215 

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#VU53685 Security restrictions bypass in Slurm - CVE-2021-31215

Published: June 1, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU53685
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-31215
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Slurm
Software vendor:
SchedMD

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to improper environment handling in Slurm. A remote user can run arbitrary commands as SlurmUser if the installation uses a PrologSlurmctld and/or EpilogSlurmctld script.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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