CVE-2017-15566

7.8 HIGH

Published: November 01, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026

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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101675

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4023

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://www.schedmd.com/news.php?id=193#OPT_193

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101675

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4023

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

https://www.schedmd.com/news.php?id=193#OPT_193

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

6 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score

7.8 / 10.0

EPSS (Exploit Probability)

0.6%

43th percentile

Exploitation Status

Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-426

Affected Vendors

schedmd

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