HIGH
Insecure SPANK environment variable handling exists in SchedMD Slurm before 16.05.11, 17.x before 17.02.9, and 17.11.x before 17.11.0rc2, allowing privilege escalation to root during Prolog or Epilog execution
Published Nov 1, 2017
7.8
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 0.58%
Description
Insecure SPANK environment variable handling exists in SchedMD Slurm before 16.05.11, 17.x before 17.02.9, and 17.11.x before 17.11.0rc2, allowing privilege escalation to root during Prolog or Epilog execution.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
7.8 HIGH NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
7.2 HIGH NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.58% 0.00578
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00578
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.58% (0.00578) | 45.59th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.58% (0.00578) | 42.86th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.14% (0.00143) | 31.86th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00063) | 28.86th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 14, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00063) | 26.90th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.06% (0.00063) | 24.88th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.40% (0.01404) | 72.03th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.36% (0.01365) | 45.07th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 1.46% (0.01458) | 32.87th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 1.46% (0.01458) | 0.00th | v1 |
Weaknesses (1)
References (3)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101675 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4023 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
- https://www.schedmd.com/news.php?id=193#OPT_193 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101675 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4023 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory | |
| https://www.schedmd.com/news.php?id=193#OPT_193 | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Nov 1, 2017
Updated Aug 5, 2024
Reserved Oct 17, 2017
Link CVE-2017-15566
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a