NVIDIA Slurm contains some inconsistent authorization checks against the Operator permission level in the SlurmDBD that can be chained together in a way that would permit an Operator to make themselves an Administrator.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
NVIDIA Slurm unaffected
Version Status Constraints
25.05.0 through 25.05.8 affected —
25.11.0 through 25.11.7 affected —
26.05.0 through 26.05.3 affected —

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6491-1 slurm-wlm security update
Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

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References
Link Providers
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-65140 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-65140 cve-icon
History

Tue, 03 Nov 2026 15:45:00 +0000

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Description NVIDIA Slurm contains some inconsistent authorization checks against the Operator permission level in the SlurmDBD that can be chained together in a way that would permit an Operator to make themselves an Administrator.
Weaknesses CWE-863
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: nvidia

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-03T15:36:40.137Z

Reserved: 2026-07-21T17:16:49.701Z

Link: CVE-2026-65140

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