| Name | CVE-2024-48936 |
| Description | SchedMD Slurm before 24.05.4 has Incorrect Authorization. A mistake in authentication handling in stepmgr could permit an attacker to execute processes under other users' jobs. This is limited to jobs explicitly running with --stepmgr, or on systems that have globally enabled stepmgr via SlurmctldParameters=enable_stepmgr in their configuration. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 1086003 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| slurm-wlm (PTS) | bullseye, bullseye (security) | 20.11.7+really20.11.4-2+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm, bookworm (security) | 22.05.8-4+deb12u3 | fixed |
| trixie | 24.11.5-4 | fixed |
| forky, sid | 25.05.4-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| slurm-wlm | source | bullseye | (not affected) | | | |
| slurm-wlm | source | bookworm | (not affected) | | | |
| slurm-wlm | source | (unstable) | 24.05.4-1 | | | 1086003 |
Notes
[bookworm] - slurm-wlm <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
[bullseye] - slurm-wlm <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
https://www.schedmd.com/slurm-version-24-05-4-is-now-available/
Isolated Job Step management introduced in 24.05.