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Improper Access Control

CVE-2022-29501

High
8.8/10

Summary

SchedMD Slurm versions prior to 20-11-9-1 and 21.08.x prior to 21-08-8-1 has Incorrect Access Control that leads to Escalation of Privileges and code execution.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-284 - Improper Access Control

Listed 5th in the 'OWASP Top Ten', improper (or broken) access control attacks are a fundamental type of vulnerability. This includes a broad range of design flaws that enable users to act outside of their intended permissions. They can use these privileges to gain access to restricted files and functionality such as accessing restricted information, falsifying records, destroying data, or executing commands.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published