CVE-2020-12693
HIGH
8.1
CVSS Score
Published: May 21, 2020 at 10:27 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:52 AM UTC
4 products affected across 4 vendorsDebian LinuxFedoraLeap
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Severity
HIGH8.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%Leap· openSUSEdrupal
95%Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00035.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00063.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KNL5E5SK4WP6M3DKU4IKW2NPQD2XTZ4Y/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T3RGQB3EWDLOLTSPAJPPWZEPQK3O3AUH/
- https://lists.schedmd.com/pipermail/slurm-announce/2020/000036.html
References (8)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00035.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00063.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00011.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KNL5E5SK4WP6M3DKU4IKW2NPQD2XTZ4Y/Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T3RGQB3EWDLOLTSPAJPPWZEPQK3O3AUH/x_refsource_CONFIRMMailing ListRelease NotesVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.schedmd.com/pipermail/slurm-announce/2020/000036.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4841CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- HIGH
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
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StatusMODIFIED
CWE
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