4.2

CVE-2025-43904: schedmd slurm Incorrect Authorization

CVSS: 4.2v3.1MediumDeferred
AliasesMGASA-2025-0215SUSE-SU-2025:01751-1SUSE-SU-2025:01752-1
Published 16-01-2026Last modified 20-01-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-43904 is a medium (CVSS 4.2) Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in schedmd slurm. EPSS estimates a 0.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 16% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
17/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.2/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.25%
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 1 · Related 1
USN-8236-1

Timeline

  1. 16-01-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 20-01-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In SchedMD Slurm before 24.11.5, 24.05.8, and 23.11.11, the accounting system can allow a Coordinator to promote a user to Administrator.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.25%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

16%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.01 pp

From 0.26% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.25%

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

Suse26 products
  • slurm_20_11&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for HPC 12< 20.11.9-3.22.1
  • slurm_22_05&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS< 22.05.11-150300.7.12.1
  • slurm_22_05&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS< 22.05.11-150300.7.12.1
  • slurm_22_05&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS< 22.05.11-150300.7.12.1
  • slurm_22_05&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for HPC 12< 22.05.11-3.12.1
Opensuse5 products
  • slurm_22_05&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.6< 22.05.11-150300.7.12.1
  • slurm_23_02&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.6< 23.02.7-150300.7.20.1
  • slurm_24_11&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.6< 24.11.5-150300.7.8.1
  • slurm&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.6< 23.02.7-150500.5.18.1
  • slurm&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 24.11.5-1.1
Debian1 product
  • slurm-wlm< 24.11.5-1 | < 22.05.8-4+deb12u3
Mageia1 product
  • slurm< 23.11.11-1.mga9
Schedmd1 product
  • slurm< 23.11.11 | ≥ 24, < 24.05.8 | ≥ 24.06, < 24.11.5
Ubuntu1 product
  • slurm-wlm< 21.08.5-2ubuntu1+esm2 | < 23.11.4-1.2ubuntu5+esm1

6 vendors · 35 products

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