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CVE-2023-49936: slurm · CVE-2023-49936 is a denial of service

Affects slurmSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · fixed in 23.11.1 : update slurm when convenient.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 14:05 UTC

Severity
Medium

Rated Medium by the CNA (mitre) · No CVSS score from NVD or the CNA

EPSS
1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 65% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 23.11.1, 23.02.7, 22.05.11

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 14 Dec 2023

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

Upgrade the Red Hat redhat/slurm package to 23.11.1, 23.02.7 or 22.05.11.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Red Hatredhat/slurmpkg:rpm/redhat/slurmOther threatsAffected
  • 22.05.0 >=22.05.0 <22.05.11
  • 23.02.0 >=23.02.0 <23.02.7
  • 23.11.0 >=23.11.0 <23.11.1
Fixed in
  • 22.05.11
  • 23.02.7
  • 23.11.1

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AI-suggested

Upgrade affected Slurm installations to versions 22.05.11, 23.02.7, or 23.11.1 or later to remediate this vulnerability. No other mitigation or workaround is specified.

Description

CVE-2023-49936 is a denial of service vulnerability in SchedMD Slurm versions 22.05.x, 23.02.x, and 23.11.x caused by a NULL pointer dereference. The issue is fixed in versions 22.05.11, 23.02.7, and 23.11.1.

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