NVIDIA Slurm contains an attacker-controlled arbitrary-memory read in the slurmstepd socket API that could be used to ex-filtrate authentic…

published 2026-11-03 5 d ago modified 2026-11-03 5 d ago also EUVD-2026-116011

cvss: 6.3; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.1%; EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 3%
public exploits: 0; none known

NVIDIA Slurm contains an attacker-controlled arbitrary-memory read in the slurmstepd socket API that could be used to ex-filtrate authentication keys.

Patch / fix

distros 1

slurm-wlm Debian 13 24.11.5-4+deb13u1
slurm-wlm Debian 14 26.05.4-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-65138

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-2026-65138 updated 2026-11-07 cvss 6.3

slurm: slurm: Information disclosure via arbitrary memory read in slurmstepd socket API

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

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 5 d ago (2026-11-03)

Exploit prediction

0.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 3% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	6.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Affected products

NVIDIA Slurm

Classification

Weakness

CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read

References

Sources

CVE List CVE-2026-65138
NVD CVE-2026-65138

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Summary