CVE-2024-48936 Missing authorization in n/a

What is CVE-2024-48936?

CVE-2024-48936 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in n/a, published on 28 Oct 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

SchedMD Slurm before 24.05.4 has Incorrect Authorization. A mistake in authentication handling in stepmgr could permit an attacker to execute processes under other users' jobs. This is limited to jobs explicitly running with --stepmgr, or on systems that have globally enabled stepmgr via SlurmctldParameters=enable_stepmgr in their configuration.

Weakness: CWE-863

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-48936?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Schedmd Slurm.

How do I fix CVE-2024-48936?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2024-48936 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-48936 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2023-49934 SQL injection in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2023-49937 Use after free in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2023-49935 Auth bypass in n/a High 8.8
• CVE-2023-49938 Privilege escalation in n/a High 8.2
• CVE-2016-10030 Path traversal in n/a High 8.1

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2024-48936, GHSA-8phj-c26v-2jj9, openSUSE-SU-2024:14450-1.