The _prolog_error function in slurmd/req.c in Slurm before 15.08.13, 16.x before 16.05.7, and 17.x before 17.02.0-pre4 has a vulnerability in how the slurmd daemon informs users of a Prolog failure on a compute node
Published Jan 5, 2017
8.1
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 2.48%
Description
The _prolog_error function in slurmd/req.c in Slurm before 15.08.13, 16.x before 16.05.7, and 17.x before 17.02.0-pre4 has a vulnerability in how the slurmd daemon informs users of a Prolog failure on a compute node. That vulnerability could allow a user to assume control of an arbitrary file on the system. Any exploitation of this is dependent on the user being able to cause or anticipate the failure (non-zero return code) of a Prolog script that their job would run on. This issue affects all Slurm versions from 0.6.0 (September 2005) to present. Workarounds to prevent exploitation of this are to either disable your Prolog script, or modify it such that it always returns 0 ("success") and adjust it to set the node as down using scontrol instead of relying on the slurmd to handle that automatically. If you do not have a Prolog set you are unaffected by this issue.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 15.08.12
- 16.05.0
- 16.05.0
- 16.05.0
- 16.05.0
- 16.05.0
- 16.05.1
- 16.05.2
- 16.05.3
- 16.05.4
- 16.05.5
- 16.05.6
- 17.02.0
- 17.02.0
- 17.02.0
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.48% (0.02483) | 84.02th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.46% (0.02462) | 82.31th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.65% (0.00654) | 69.21th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.35% (0.00350) | 72.67th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.35% (0.00350) | 71.03th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.35% (0.00350) | 67.31th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 36.37th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 2, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 34.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 32.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 16.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (3)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95299 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://github.com/SchedMD/slurm/commit/92362a92fffe60187df61f99ab11c249d44120ee x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- https://www.schedmd.com/news.php?id=178 x_refsource_CONFIRMMitigationVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95299 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://github.com/SchedMD/slurm/commit/92362a92fffe60187df61f99ab11c249d44120ee | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory | |
| https://www.schedmd.com/news.php?id=178 | x_refsource_CONFIRMMitigationVendor Advisory |
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