CVE-2020-12693

Description

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 via an Alternate Path or Channel. A race condition allows a user to launch a process as an arbitrary user.

8.1

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 3.1 •

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.19%

Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory schedmd.com Vendor Advisory schedmd.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
https://www.schedmd.com/news.php?id=236	vendor advisory
https://lists.schedmd.com/pipermail/slurm-announce/2020/000036.html	mailing list release notes vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T3RGQB3EWDLOLTSPAJPPWZEPQK3O3AUH/	vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KNL5E5SK4WP6M3DKU4IKW2NPQD2XTZ4Y/	vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00035.html	mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00063.html	mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4841	third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00011.html	third party advisory mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2020-12693?: CVE-2020-12693 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2020-12693?: To fix CVE-2020-12693, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2020-12693 being actively exploited in the wild?: As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2020-12693 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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