CVE-2017-15566

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    CVE-2017-15566

    Published: 1 Nov 2017Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Insecure SPANK environment variable handling exists in SchedMD Slurm before 16.05.11, 17.x before 17.02.9, and 17.11.x before 17.11.0rc2, allowing privilege escalation to root during Prolog or Epilog execution.

    References: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101675, https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4023, https://www.schedmd.com/news.php?id=193#OPT_193

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -5e2dec13b45fd79afcfb851c834aacee9ca7f877

    Affected versions

    slurm-16-05-10-2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High