CVE-2025-43904 (GCVE-0-2025-43904)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-16 00:00 – Updated: 2026-01-20 15:29
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
4.2 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-01-20 15:28 UTC
CWE
- CWE-863 - Incorrect Authorization
Assigner
References
2 references
Impacted products
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