CVE-2019-12838

SchedMD Slurm 17.11.x, 18.08.0 through 18.08.7, and 19.05.0 allows SQL Injection.

Published: 2019-07-11 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
View at NVD, CVE.org, EUVD

CVE-2019-12838 is rated High Risk (69.5/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.99%). High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize 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-2019-12838

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 2026-04-26 3.05% 2.99% -0.06%
2 2026-01-30 3.25% 3.05% -0.20%
3 2025-11-03 — 3.25% —

Full EPSS history (20 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2019-12838

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.8 3.1 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 5.9 [email protected]
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-2019-12838

OS Trackers for CVE-2019-12838

vendor priority summary link
suse medium CVE-2019-12838 severity moderate: SUSE including 333 source package names (libnss_slurm2, libnss_slurm2-20.02.6-3.3.4, …), 579 product×package rows across 27 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2, SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS, … (27 product lines)): Fixed 447, Known Not Affected 132. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-12838/
ubuntu medium CVE-2019-12838 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (slurm-llnl), 19 status rows across 19 suites (bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 11, needed 3, ignored 2, not-affected 2, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-12838

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2019-12838

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
schedmd slurm > 17.11.0.0, <= 17.11.13.2 cpe:2.3:a:schedmd:slurm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
schedmd slurm > 18.08.0, <= 18.08.7 cpe:2.3:a:schedmd:slurm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
schedmd slurm 19.05.0 cpe:2.3:a:schedmd:slurm:19.05.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 10.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 29 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 30 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse leap 15.0 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse leap 15.1 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2019-12838

URL Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00005.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00051.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00038.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00016.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00011.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2O47F72FWMYLEGF35QGNYY5VS33SUQS5/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AQ6EV3OWKGMTBWCSXZGS4MYADUBLVXSQ/
https://lists.schedmd.com/pipermail/slurm-announce/2019/ Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://lists.schedmd.com/pipermail/slurm-announce/2019/000025.html Mailing List Vendor Advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/30 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4572 Third Party Advisory
https://www.schedmd.com/news.php Vendor Advisory
https://www.schedmd.com/news.php?id=218 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
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