CVE-2019-6438

SchedMD Slurm before 17.11.13 and 18.x before 18.08.5 mishandles 32-bit systems.

Published: 2019-01-31 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2019-6438 is rated Moderate Risk (63.6/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.62%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2019-6438

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 2026-02-02 0.53% 0.62% +0.09%
2 2025-11-21 0.93% 0.53% -0.40%
3 2025-11-18 — 0.93% —

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2019-6438

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.8 3.0 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.0/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-2019-6438

OS Trackers for CVE-2019-6438

vendor priority summary link
suse critical CVE-2019-6438 severity critical: SUSE including 270 source package names (libnss_slurm2, libnss_slurm2-20.02.6-3.3.4, …), 482 product×package rows across 18 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS, SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS, … (18 product lines)): Fixed 391, Known Not Affected 91. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-6438/
ubuntu medium CVE-2019-6438 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (slurm-llnl), 14 status rows across 14 suites (bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 6, released 4, not-affected 3, ignored 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-6438

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2019-6438

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
schedmd slurm < 17.11.13 cpe:2.3:a:schedmd:slurm:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
schedmd slurm >= 18.08.0, < 18.08.5 cpe:2.3:a:schedmd:slurm:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
opensuse leap 15.0 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2019-6438

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