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CVE-2023-49938

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  • Published2023-12-14
  • Fixed in23.02.7 · 22.05.11

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Description

An issue was discovered in SchedMD Slurm 22.05.x and 23.02.x. There is Incorrect Access Control: an attacker can modified their extended group list that is used with the sbcast subsystem, and open files with an unauthorized set of extended groups. The fixed versions are 22.05.11 and 23.02.7.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2023-12-1405:15CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-11-03 15:37 UTC
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Versions per branch

NVD
Schedmd slurm
BranchAffectedFixed in
23.2≥ 23.02.0, < 23.02.723.02.7
22.5≥ 22.05.0, < 22.05.1122.05.11

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Packages

  • slurmSUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP5all versions · fixed in 23.02.7-150500.5.15.1
  • slurmSUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP5all versions · fixed in 20.11.9-150400.3.3.1
  • slurmSUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for HPC 15 SP5all versions · fixed in 23.02.7-150500.5.15.1
  • slurmSUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for HPC 12all versions · fixed in 17.02.11-6.59.1
  • slurmSUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSSall versions · fixed in 20.11.9-150400.3.3.1
  • slurmSUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOSall versions · fixed in 20.11.9-150400.3.3.1
  • slurmSUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSSall versions · fixed in 20.11.9-150300.4.12.1
  • slurmSUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSSall versions · fixed in 20.02.7-150200.3.20.1

27 more package ranges on OSV.dev

Full record on NVD

Fix

  1. Update Schedmd slurm to 23.02.7 · 22.05.11

Advisories and patches

Detection

Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
none listed
PoC-in-GitHub
Metasploit modules
none listed
Metasploit Framework

Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
Published
2023-12-14
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-3j4p-qc5m-wqgh

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-49938?

An issue was discovered in SchedMD Slurm 22.05.x and 23.02.x. There is Incorrect Access Control: an attacker can modified their extended group list that is used with the sbcast subsystem, and open files with an unauthorized set of extended groups. The fixed versions are 22.05.11 and 23.02.7.

Is CVE-2023-49938 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2023-49938 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 0.7% on 2026-11-03, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2023-49938?

CVE-2023-49938 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.2 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N.

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