CVE-2011-2907

Terascale Open-Source Resource and Queue Manager (aka TORQUE Resource Manager) 3.0.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass host-based authentication and submit arbitrary jobs via a modified PBS_O_HOST variable to the qsub program.

Published: 2011-08-15 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2011-2907 is rated Moderate Risk (55.3/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.72%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2011-2907

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-01-30 0.55% 0.72% +0.17%
2 2025-10-21 0.74% 0.55% -0.20%
3 2025-03-30 0.74%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2011-2907

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2011-2907

OS Trackers for CVE-2011-2907

vendor priority summary link
gentoo high CVE-2011-2907: 1 GLSA(s) (201412-47), 1 atom(s) (sys-cluster/torque); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2011-2907
ubuntu medium CVE-2011-2907 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (torque), 19 status rows across 19 suites (artful, bionic, hardy, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): ignored 15, DNE 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-2907

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2011-2907

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
clusterresources torque_resource_manager <= 3.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:clusterresources:torque_resource_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
clusterresources torque_resource_manager 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:clusterresources:torque_resource_manager:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
clusterresources torque_resource_manager 2.1.0p11 cpe:2.3:a:clusterresources:torque_resource_manager:2.1.0p11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
clusterresources torque_resource_manager 2.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:clusterresources:torque_resource_manager:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
clusterresources torque_resource_manager 2.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:clusterresources:torque_resource_manager:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
clusterresources torque_resource_manager 2.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:clusterresources:torque_resource_manager:2.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
clusterresources torque_resource_manager 2.1.6 cpe:2.3:a:clusterresources:torque_resource_manager:2.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
clusterresources torque_resource_manager 2.1.7 cpe:2.3:a:clusterresources:torque_resource_manager:2.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
clusterresources torque_resource_manager 2.1.8 cpe:2.3:a:clusterresources:torque_resource_manager:2.1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
clusterresources torque_resource_manager 2.1.9 cpe:2.3:a:clusterresources:torque_resource_manager:2.1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
clusterresources torque_resource_manager 2.1.10 cpe:2.3:a:clusterresources:torque_resource_manager:2.1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
clusterresources torque_resource_manager 2.1.11 cpe:2.3:a:clusterresources:torque_resource_manager:2.1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
clusterresources torque_resource_manager 2.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:clusterresources:torque_resource_manager:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
clusterresources torque_resource_manager 2.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:clusterresources:torque_resource_manager:2.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
clusterresources torque_resource_manager 2.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:clusterresources:torque_resource_manager:2.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
clusterresources torque_resource_manager 2.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:clusterresources:torque_resource_manager:2.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
clusterresources torque_resource_manager 2.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:clusterresources:torque_resource_manager:2.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
clusterresources torque_resource_manager 2.3.4 cpe:2.3:a:clusterresources:torque_resource_manager:2.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
clusterresources torque_resource_manager 2.3.5 cpe:2.3:a:clusterresources:torque_resource_manager:2.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
clusterresources torque_resource_manager 2.3.6 cpe:2.3:a:clusterresources:torque_resource_manager:2.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
clusterresources torque_resource_manager 2.3.7 cpe:2.3:a:clusterresources:torque_resource_manager:2.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
clusterresources torque_resource_manager 2.3.8 cpe:2.3:a:clusterresources:torque_resource_manager:2.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
clusterresources torque_resource_manager 2.3.9 cpe:2.3:a:clusterresources:torque_resource_manager:2.3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
clusterresources torque_resource_manager 2.3.10 cpe:2.3:a:clusterresources:torque_resource_manager:2.3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
clusterresources torque_resource_manager 2.3.11 cpe:2.3:a:clusterresources:torque_resource_manager:2.3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
clusterresources torque_resource_manager 2.3.12 cpe:2.3:a:clusterresources:torque_resource_manager:2.3.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
clusterresources torque_resource_manager 2.3.13 cpe:2.3:a:clusterresources:torque_resource_manager:2.3.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
clusterresources torque_resource_manager 2.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:clusterresources:torque_resource_manager:2.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
clusterresources torque_resource_manager 2.4.3 cpe:2.3:a:clusterresources:torque_resource_manager:2.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
clusterresources torque_resource_manager 2.4.4 cpe:2.3:a:clusterresources:torque_resource_manager:2.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
clusterresources torque_resource_manager 2.4.5 cpe:2.3:a:clusterresources:torque_resource_manager:2.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
clusterresources torque_resource_manager 2.4.6 cpe:2.3:a:clusterresources:torque_resource_manager:2.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
clusterresources torque_resource_manager 2.4.7 cpe:2.3:a:clusterresources:torque_resource_manager:2.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
clusterresources torque_resource_manager 2.4.8 cpe:2.3:a:clusterresources:torque_resource_manager:2.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
clusterresources torque_resource_manager 2.4.9 cpe:2.3:a:clusterresources:torque_resource_manager:2.4.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
clusterresources torque_resource_manager 2.4.10 cpe:2.3:a:clusterresources:torque_resource_manager:2.4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
clusterresources torque_resource_manager 2.4.11 cpe:2.3:a:clusterresources:torque_resource_manager:2.4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
clusterresources torque_resource_manager 2.4.12 cpe:2.3:a:clusterresources:torque_resource_manager:2.4.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
clusterresources torque_resource_manager 2.4.13 cpe:2.3:a:clusterresources:torque_resource_manager:2.4.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
clusterresources torque_resource_manager 2.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:clusterresources:torque_resource_manager:2.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
clusterresources torque_resource_manager 2.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:clusterresources:torque_resource_manager:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
clusterresources torque_resource_manager 2.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:clusterresources:torque_resource_manager:2.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
clusterresources torque_resource_manager 2.5.3 cpe:2.3:a:clusterresources:torque_resource_manager:2.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
clusterresources torque_resource_manager 2.5.4 cpe:2.3:a:clusterresources:torque_resource_manager:2.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
clusterresources torque_resource_manager 2.5.5 cpe:2.3:a:clusterresources:torque_resource_manager:2.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
clusterresources torque_resource_manager 3.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:clusterresources:torque_resource_manager:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2011-2907

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