9.8

CVE-2023-49937: schedmd slurm Double Free

CVSS: 9.8v3.1CriticalModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2023-49937DEBIAN-CVE-2023-49937
Published 14-12-2023Last modified 04-11-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-49937 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) Double Free vulnerability in schedmd slurm. EPSS estimates a 1.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 71.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.38%
0%100%
Low · -0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 18 · Related 17
DSA-5609-1SUSE-SU-2024:0278-1SUSE-SU-2024:0279-1SUSE-SU-2024:0280-1SUSE-SU-2024:0283-1SUSE-SU-2024:0284-1

Timeline

  1. 14-12-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-11-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An issue was discovered in SchedMD Slurm 22.05.x, 23.02.x, and 23.11.x. Because of a double free, attackers can cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. The fixed versions are 22.05.11, 23.02.7, and 23.11.1.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.38%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

72%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.01 pp

From 1.39% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
1.38%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ubuntu2 products
  • slurm-llnlAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • slurm-wlm< 21.08.5-2ubuntu1+esm2
Debian1 product
  • slurm-wlm< 22.05.8-4+deb12u2 | < 23.11.3-1
Schedmd1 product
  • slurm≥ 22.05, < 22.05.12 | ≥ 23.02, < 23.02.7 | 23.11 | 23.11:rc1

3 vendors · 4 products

References

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