CVE-2025-40760 Information disclosure in Altair Grid Engine
A local attacker can extract privileged password hashes from error messages, enabling offline brute-force attacks against Altair Grid Engine.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-40760?
CVE-2025-40760 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Siemens Altair Grid Engine, published on 11 Nov 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A vulnerability has been identified in Altair Grid Engine (All versions < V2026.0.0). Affected products do not properly handle error messages and discloses sensitive password hash information when processing user authentication requests. This could allow a local attacker to extract password hashes for privileged accounts, which can then be subjected to offline brute-force attacks.
Weakness: CWE-209
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-40760?
How do I fix CVE-2025-40760?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-40760 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-40760 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-40760 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cfqh-hp29-cjq6.