CVE-2016-10030
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2016-10030 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | mitre |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2017-01-05 11:59:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC |
| Description | The _prolog_error function in slurmd/req.c in Slurm before 15.08.13, 16.x before 16.05.7, and 17.x before 17.02.0-pre4 has a vulnerability in how the slurmd daemon informs users of a Prolog failure on a compute node. That vulnerability could allow a user to assume control of an arbitrary file on the system. Any exploitation of this is dependent on the user being able to cause or anticipate the failure (non-zero return code) of a Prolog script that their job would run on. This issue affects all Slurm versions from 0.6.0 (September 2005) to present. Workarounds to prevent exploitation of this are to either disable your Prolog script, or modify it such that it always returns 0 ("success") and adjust it to set the node as down using scontrol instead of relying on the slurmd to handle that automatically. If you do not have a Prolog set you are unaffected by this issue. |
Risk And Classification
Primary CVSS: v3.0 8.1 HIGH from [email protected]
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 0.007630000 probability, percentile 0.734860000 (date 2026-05-11)
Problem Types: CWE-284 | n/a
| Version | Source | Type | Score | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 | [email protected] | Primary | 8.1 | HIGH | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| 2.0 | [email protected] | Primary | 7.6 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
CVSS v3.0 Breakdown
Attack Vector
NetworkAttack Complexity
HighPrivileges Required
NoneUser Interaction
NoneScope
UnchangedConfidentiality
HighIntegrity
HighAvailability
HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
HighAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
CompleteIntegrity
CompleteAvailability
CompleteAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Schedmd | Slurm | 16.05.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Schedmd | Slurm | 16.05.0 | pre1 | All | All |
| Application | Schedmd | Slurm | 16.05.0 | pre2 | All | All |
| Application | Schedmd | Slurm | 16.05.0 | rc1 | All | All |
| Application | Schedmd | Slurm | 16.05.0 | rc2 | All | All |
| Application | Schedmd | Slurm | 16.05.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Schedmd | Slurm | 16.05.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Schedmd | Slurm | 16.05.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Schedmd | Slurm | 16.05.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Schedmd | Slurm | 16.05.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Schedmd | Slurm | 16.05.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Schedmd | Slurm | 17.02.0 | pre1 | All | All |
| Application | Schedmd | Slurm | 17.02.0 | pre2 | All | All |
| Application | Schedmd | Slurm | 17.02.0 | pre3 | All | All |
| Application | Schedmd | Slurm | All | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fix security issue in _prolog_error(). · SchedMD/slurm@92362a9 · GitHub | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | github.com | Patch, Vendor Advisory |
| News | SchedMD | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.schedmd.com | Mitigation, Vendor Advisory |
| Slurm CVE-2016-10030 Security Bypass Vulnerability | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.