CVE-2017-15566
N/A
Published: November 1, 2017 at 05:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:07 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorSlurm
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%
Description
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Affected range stops below 16.05.11, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 17.2.09, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (3)
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101675Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4023x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.schedmd.com/news.php?id=193#OPT_193Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-426
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