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CVE-2020-27745

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-11-27 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-120

Description

Slurm before 19.05.8 and 20.x before 20.02.6 has an RPC Buffer Overflow in the PMIx MPI plugin.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 9.0, 10.0
• SchedMD Slurm: before 19.05.8; from 20.0.0 before 20.02.6 — fixed in 19.05.8, 20.02.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: SchedMD Slurm 19.05.8, 20.02.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00011.html
• https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4841
• https://www.schedmd.com/news.php
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00011.html
• https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4841
• https://www.schedmd.com/news.php

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