In SchedMD Slurm before 24.11.5, 24.05.8, and 23.11.11, the accounting system can allow a Coordinator to promote a user to Administrator.

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-8236-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that Slurm did not correctly handle certain file system operations. An attacker could     possibly use this issue to modify files or leak sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu     22.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-41914)

    Ryan Hall discovered that Slurm did not correctly enforce certain message integrity checks. An attacker     could possibly use this issue to bypass integrity checks. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.
    (CVE-2023-49933)

    Ryan Hall discovered that Slurm did not correctly handle certain memory operations. An attacker could     possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected     Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-49937)

    Ryan Hall discovered that Slurm did not correctly handle certain access control mechanisms. An attacker     could possibly use this issue to modify files or leak sensitive information. This issue only affected     Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-49938)

    It was discovered that Slurm did not correctly handle user promotion. An attacker could possibly use this     issue to promote themselves to an administrator. (CVE-2025-43904)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE- SU-2025:02779-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2025-43904: an issue with permission handling for Coordinators within the accounting system allowed     Coordinators       to promote a user to Administrator (bsc#1243666).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - In SchedMD Slurm before 24.11.5, 24.05.8, and 23.11.11, the accounting system can allow a Coordinator to     promote a user to Administrator. (CVE-2025-43904)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote Debian 12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-5961 advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian Security Advisory DSA-5961-1                   security@debian.org     https://www.debian.org/security/                             Shengqi Chen     July 08, 2025                         https://www.debian.org/security/faq
    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Package        : slurm-wlm     CVE ID         : CVE-2025-43904     Debian Bug     : 1104929

    Sekou Diakite from HPE discovered a mistake with permission handling for     Coordinators within the accounting system of Slurm Workload Manager, a     cluster resource management and job scheduling system, that it could allow     a Coordinator to promote a user to Administrator.

    - -     For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in     version 22.05.8-4+deb12u3.

    We recommend that you upgrade your slurm-wlm packages.

    For the detailed security status of slurm-wlm please refer to     its security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/slurm-wlm

    Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

    Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE- SU-2025:01751-1 advisory.

    Update to version 24.11.5.

    Security issues fixed:

    - CVE-2025-43904: an issue with permission handling for Coordinators within the accounting system allowed     Coordinators       to promote a user to Administrator (bsc#1243666).


Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:01755-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2025-43904: an issue with permission handling for Coordinators within the accounting system allowed     Coordinators       to promote a user to Administrator (bsc#1243666).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:01759-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2025-43904: an issue with permission handling for Coordinators within the accounting system allowed     Coordinators       to promote a user to Administrator (bsc#1243666).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE- SU-2025:01760-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2025-43904: an issue with permission handling for Coordinators within the accounting system allowed     Coordinators       to promote a user to Administrator (bsc#1243666).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:01756-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2025-43904: an issue with permission handling for Coordinators within the accounting system allowed     Coordinators       to promote a user to Administrator (bsc#1243666).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:01758-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2025-43904: an issue with permission handling for Coordinators within the accounting system allowed     Coordinators       to promote a user to Administrator (bsc#1243666).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:01761-1 advisory.

    Update to version 24.11.5.

    Security issues fixed:

    - CVE-2025-43904: an issue with permission handling for Coordinators within the accounting system allowed     Coordinators       to promote a user to Administrator (bsc#1243666).


Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:01752-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2025-43904: an issue with permission handling for Coordinators within the accounting system allowed     Coordinators       to promote a user to Administrator (bsc#1243666).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:01753-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2025-43904: an issue with permission handling for Coordinators within the accounting system allowed     Coordinators       to promote a user to Administrator (bsc#1243666).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:01757-1 advisory.

    Update to version 24.11.5.

    Security issues fixed:

    - CVE-2025-43904: an issue with permission handling for Coordinators within the accounting system allowed     Coordinators       to promote a user to Administrator (bsc#1243666).


Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
314206	Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS : Slurm vulnerabilities (USN-8236-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	critical
278693	SUSE SLES15: libnss_slurm2 / libpmi0 / libslurm36 / perl-slurm / slurm / etc (SUSE-SU-2025:02779-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
259909	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-43904	Nessus	Misc.	medium
241522	Debian dsa-5961 : libpam-slurm - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
237556	SUSE SLES15: libnss_slurm2 / libpmi0 / libslurm42 / perl-slurm / slurm / etc (SUSE-SU-2025:01751-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
237554	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : slurm_22_05 (SUSE-SU-2025:01755-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
237553	SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : slurm (SUSE-SU-2025:01759-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
237551	SUSE SLES15 Security Update : slurm (SUSE-SU-2025:01760-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
237550	SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : slurm_22_05 (SUSE-SU-2025:01756-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
237543	SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : slurm_23_02 (SUSE-SU-2025:01758-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
237538	SUSE SLES15: libnss_slurm2_24_11 / libpmi0_24_11 / libslurm42 / perl-slurm_24_11 / etc (SUSE-SU-2025:01761-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
237537	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : slurm_23_02 (SUSE-SU-2025:01752-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
237532	SUSE SLES12: libnss_slurm2_20_11 / libpmi0_20_11 / libslurm36 / perl-slurm_20_11 / etc (SUSE-SU-2025:01753-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
237528	SUSE SLES12: libnss_slurm2_24_11 / libpmi0_24_11 / libslurm42 / perl-slurm_24_11 / etc (SUSE-SU-2025:01757-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium

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