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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS : Slurm vulnerabilities (USN-8236-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 314206

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

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.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8236-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 314206

File Name: ubuntu_USN-8236-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/11/2026

Updated: 5/11/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-49937

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:slurm-client-emulator, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpam-slurm-adopt-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:slurm-wlm-jwt-plugin-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:slurm-wlm-influxdb-plugin, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:slurm-wlm-basic-plugins, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:slurm-wlm-torque, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libslurmdb-perl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libslurm37, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:slurm-wlm-mysql-plugin, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:slurm-wlm-jwt-plugin, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpmi2-0-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpam-slurm-adopt, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:slurm-wlm-emulator, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpam-slurm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:slurm-wlm-rsmi-plugin, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:slurm-wlm-rsmi-plugin-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:slurm-wlm-ipmi-plugins, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:slurm-wlm-hdf5-plugin, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpmi2-0t64, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:slurm-wlm-kafka-plugin-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpmi0t64, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:slurmrestd, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:slurm-wlm-influxdb-plugin-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libslurm40t64, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:slurmctld, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:slurm-wlm-plugins-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libslurm-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:slurmdbd, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:sackd, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpmi0-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:slurm-wlm-mysql-plugin-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:slurm-wlm-plugins, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libslurm-perl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:slurm-wlm-basic-plugins-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:slurm-wlm-hdf5-plugin-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:slurm-wlm-kafka-plugin, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:slurm-wlm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:slurm-wlm-elasticsearch-plugin, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpmi2-0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:slurm-wlm-rrd-plugin-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:slurm-client, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:slurm-wlm-rrd-plugin, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:slurmd, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:sview, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpam-slurm-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:slurm-wlm-ipmi-plugins-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpmi0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:slurm-wlm-elasticsearch-plugin-dev

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/6/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/21/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-41914, CVE-2023-49933, CVE-2023-49937, CVE-2023-49938, CVE-2025-43904

USN: 8236-1