FKIE_CVE-2017-15566

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-11-01 17:29 - Updated: 2026-05-13 00:24
Severity
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Insecure SPANK environment variable handling exists in SchedMD Slurm before 16.05.11, 17.x before 17.02.9, and 17.11.x before 17.11.0rc2, allowing privilege escalation to root during Prolog or Epilog execution.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101675Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4023Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.schedmd.com/news.php?id=193#OPT_193Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101675Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4023Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.schedmd.com/news.php?id=193#OPT_193Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
schedmd slurm *
schedmd slurm *
schedmd slurm 17.11.0
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      "value": "Insecure SPANK environment variable handling exists in SchedMD Slurm before 16.05.11, 17.x before 17.02.9, and 17.11.x before 17.11.0rc2, allowing privilege escalation to root during Prolog or Epilog execution."
    },
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      "value": "Existe una gesti\u00f3n de variables de entorno SPANK insegura en SchedMD Slurm, en versiones anteriores a la 16.05.11, versiones 17.x anteriores a la 17.02.9 y versiones 17.11.x anteriores a la 17.11.0rc2. Esto permite un escalado de privilegios a root durante la ejecuci\u00f3n de Prolog o Epilog."
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  "id": "CVE-2017-15566",
  "lastModified": "2026-05-13T00:24:29.033",
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