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CVE-2021-31215 (GCVE-0-2021-31215)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-05-13 05:51 – Updated: 2024-08-03 22:55
VLAI
Summary
SchedMD Slurm before 20.02.7 and 20.03.x through 20.11.x before 20.11.7 allows remote code execution as SlurmUser because use of a PrologSlurmctld or EpilogSlurmctld script leads to environment mishandling.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
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