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CVE-2019-19728· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

SchedMD Slurm before 18.08.9 and 19.x before 19.05.5 executes srun --uid with incorrect privileges.

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 30/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 1.2% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 69.9% of all records.
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.
  • Fixed version: slurm-llnl (Debian:10) 18.08.5.2-1+deb10u2; slurm (openSUSE:Leap 15.1) 18.08.9-lp151.2.6.1; slurm (openSUSE:Tumbleweed) 21.08.1-1.1.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to slurm-llnl (Debian:10) 18.08.5.2-1+deb10u2; slurm (openSUSE:Leap 15.1) 18.08.9-lp151.2.6.1; slurm (openSUSE:Tumbleweed) 21.08.1-1.1 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

HighCVSS 7.5 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Jan 13, 2020
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
1.2% · 69th percentile

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Action score

30

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
30 / 40 · 7.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 1.2%

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
schedmdslurm
opensuseleap
debiandebian linux

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • debian debian linux10.0
  • opensuse leap15.1
  • schedmd slurmbefore 18.08.9
  • schedmd slurm19.05.0 and later · before 19.05.5

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:10slurm-llnlbefore 18.08.5.2-1+deb10u218.08.5.2-1+deb10u2
openSUSE:Leap 15.1slurmbefore 18.08.9-lp151.2.6.118.08.9-lp151.2.6.1
openSUSE:Tumbleweedslurmbefore 21.08.1-1.121.08.1-1.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for HPC 12pdshbefore 2.33-7.18.12.33-7.18.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for HPC 12pdshbefore 2.34-7.32.12.34-7.32.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for HPC 12pdsh_slurm_18_08before 2.34-7.32.12.34-7.32.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for HPC 12pdsh_slurm_18_08before 2.34-7.26.22.34-7.26.2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for HPC 12pdsh_slurm_20_02before 2.34-7.32.12.34-7.32.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for HPC 12pdsh_slurm_20_02before 2.34-7.26.22.34-7.26.2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for HPC 12pdsh_slurm_20_11before 2.34-7.32.12.34-7.32.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for HPC 12slurmbefore 17.02.11-6.39.117.02.11-6.39.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for HPC 12slurm_18_08before 18.08.9-3.5.118.08.9-3.5.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for HPC 12slurm_20_02before 20.02.3-3.5.120.02.3-3.5.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for HPC 12slurm_20_11before 20.11.4-3.5.120.11.4-3.5.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for HPC 15pdshbefore 2.33-7.6.12.33-7.6.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for HPC 15slurm_18_08before 18.08.9-1.5.218.08.9-1.5.2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for HPC 15 SP1slurmbefore 18.08.9-3.10.118.08.9-3.10.1

Same product

schedmd: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2022-29502SchedMD Slurm 21.08.x through 20.11.x has Incorrect Access Control that leads to Escalation of Privileges.
    40Plan
  • CVE-2020-27745Slurm before 19.05.8 and 20.x before 20.02.6 has an RPC Buffer Overflow in the PMIx MPI plugin.
    40Plan
  • CVE-2019-12838SchedMD Slurm 17.11.x, 18.08.0 through 18.08.7, and 19.05.0 allows SQL Injection.
    40Plan

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2019-6438Jan 31, 2019 · SchedMD Slurm before 17.11.13 and 18.x before 18.08.5 mishandles 32-bit systems.
    40Plan
  • ← EarlierCVE-2019-19727Jan 13, 2020 · SchedMD Slurm before 18.08.9 and 19.x before 19.05.5 has weak slurmdbd.conf permissions.
    22Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2020-12693May 21, 2020 · Slurm 19.05.x before 19.05.7 and 20.02.x before 20.02.3, in the rare case where Message Aggregation is enabled, allows Authentication Bypass
    33Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
debian:slurm-llnl18.08.5.2-1+deb10u2 · Debian:10Package registry (OSV)
opensuse:slurm18.08.9-lp151.2.6.1 · openSUSE:Leap 15.1Package registry (OSV)
suse:pdsh2.33-7.18.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for HPC 12Package registry (OSV)
suse:pdsh_slurm_18_082.34-7.26.2 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for HPC 12Package registry (OSV)
suse:pdsh_slurm_20_022.34-7.26.2 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for HPC 12Package registry (OSV)
suse:pdsh_slurm_20_112.34-7.32.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for HPC 12Package registry (OSV)
suse:slurm18.08.9-3.10.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for HPC 15 SP1Package registry (OSV)
suse:slurm_18_0818.08.9-3.5.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for HPC 12Package registry (OSV)
suse:slurm_20_0220.02.3-3.5.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for HPC 12Package registry (OSV)
suse:slurm_20_1120.11.4-3.5.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for HPC 12Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

Finders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.

No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-269 · Improper Privilege Management

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-primary

Root cause

To simplify setup, a service account is granted broad, cluster-wide permissions. The principle of least privilege is skipped during installation.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-269 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

yaml
kind: ClusterRolerules:  - apiGroups: ["*"]    resources: ["*"]    verbs: ["*"]

Fixed

yaml
kind: Rolemetadata:  namespace: lodos-systemrules:  - apiGroups: ["apps"]    resources: ["deployments"]    verbs: ["get", "list", "update"]

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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