CVE-2020-12693
mediumpriority · track · 33OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.023 · 83 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Slurm 19.05.x before 19.05.7 and 20.02.x before 20.02.3, in the rare case where Message Aggregation is enabled, allows Authentication Bypass via an Alternate Path or Channel. A race condition allows a user to launch a process as an arbitrary user.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5.1–8.1
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affected products (18)
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also known as (4)
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references (33)
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- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00035.htmlcnnvd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00063.htmlcnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00011.htmlcnnvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KNL5E5SK4WP6M3DKU4IKW2NPQD2XTZ4Y/cnnvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T3RGQB3EWDLOLTSPAJPPWZEPQK3O3AUH/cnnvd
- https://lists.schedmd.com/pipermail/slurm-announce/2020/000036.htmlcnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12693cnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/170828/Ubuntu-Security-Notice-USN-4781-2.htmlcnnvd
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