Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2019-12838 is a SQL injection flaw in SchedMD Slurm. The provided sources identify affected Slurm 17.11.x, 18.08.0 through 18.08.7, and 19.05.0. For organizations running Slurm clusters, this should be treated as a cluster-management risk, but the supplied record does not provide CVSS, exploit details, or confirmed active exploitation. Exposure is limited to environments running SchedMD Slurm versions 17.11.x, 18.08.0-18.08.7, or 19.05.0. This is most relevant to HPC, research, engineering, and enterprise compute clusters using Slurm packages from upstream or Linux distributions. Prioritize if Slurm supports business-critical compute, research, or production engineering workloads. The absence of severity scoring and exploitation evidence lowers certainty, not operational relevance. Patch through approved vendor channels and verify cluster-wide version coverage. Mitigation focus: Inventory Slurm versions across controllers, accounting services, and managed cluster nodes.; Apply updates from SchedMD or the relevant Linux distribution advisory.; Use vendor guidance rather than inferred fixed versions from version ranges..
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- Known Exploited
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://www.schedmd.com/news.phpCVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://lists.schedmd.com/pipermail/slurm-announce/2019/CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.schedmd.com/news.php?id=218CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://lists.schedmd.com/pipermail/slurm-announce/2019/000025.htmlCVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- FEDORA-2019-5d0d2619dfCVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- FEDORA-2019-4ca3a39825CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- 20191119 [SECURITY] [DSA 4572-1] slurm-llnl security updateCVE reference · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- DSA-4572CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN
- [debian-lts-announce] 20200316 [SECURITY] [DLA 2143-1] slurm-llnl security updateCVE reference · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- [debian-lts-announce] 20220117 [SECURITY] [DLA 2886-1] slurm-llnl security updateCVE reference · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
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