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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.5

CVE-2021-43337 json

SchedMD Slurm 21.08.* before 21.08.4 has Incorrect Access Control.

published 2021-11-17 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2021-30275

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.2%
EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 69%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

SchedMD Slurm 21.08.* before 21.08.4 has Incorrect Access Control. On sites using the new AccountingStoreFlags=job_script and/or job_env options, the access control rules in SlurmDBD may permit users to request job scripts and environment files to which they should not have access.

Patch / fix

  • schedmd slurm 21.08.4
  • slurm_22_05 SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS 22.05.5-150200.5.3.2
  • pdsh SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS 2.34-150200.4.6.2
  • pdsh_slurm_20_11 openSUSE Leap 15.4, openSUSE Leap 15.3 2.34-150200.4.6.2
  • pdsh_slurm_22_05 SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS 2.34-150200.4.6.2
  • slurm_22_05 SLE Module for HPC 15 SP4, SLE Module for HPC 15 SP3, openSUSE Leap 15.4 +1 more 22.05.5-150300.7.3.2
  • pdsh SLE Module for HPC 15 SP4, SLE Module for HPC 15 SP3, openSUSE Leap 15.4 +1 more 2.34-150300.35.2
  • pdsh_slurm_22_05 SLE Module for HPC 15 SP4, SLE Module for HPC 15 SP3, openSUSE Leap 15.4 +1 more 2.34-150300.35.2
  • slurm_22_05 SLE Module for HPC 12 22.05.5-3.3.5

suse advisories SUSE-RU-2022:4362-1SUSE-RU-2022:4361-1SUSE-RU-2022:4348-1SUSE-RU-2022:4297-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2021-43337 updated cvss 6.5

slurm: Incorrect Access Control in sites using AccountingStoreFlags=job_script or job_env options

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 69% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.