---
id: CVE-2026-65140
title: >-
  NVIDIA Slurm contains some inconsistent authorization checks against the
  Operator permission level in the SlurmDBD that can be chained together in a
  way that would permit an Operator to make themselves an Administrator.
summary: >-
  NVIDIA Slurm contains some inconsistent authorization checks against the
  Operator permission level in the SlurmDBD that can be chained together in a
  way that would permit an Operator to make themselves an Administrator.
severity: medium
cvss: 5.7
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'
cvssSource: cna
cwe:
  - CWE-863
vendor: NVIDIA
product: Slurm
affected:
  - Slurm 25.05.0 through 25.05.8
  - Slurm 25.11.0 through 25.11.7
  - Slurm 26.05.0 through 26.05.3
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: total
  timestamp: '2026-11-03T17:47:42.554751Z'
published: '2026-11-03'
updated: '2026-11-03'
sourceUpdated: '2026-11-03T18:27:00.210Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-65140'
references:
  - url: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-65140'
  - url: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-65140'
tags:
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00134
epssPercentile: 0.0294
ingestedAt: '2026-11-05T20:33:06.350Z'
---

## Overview

NVIDIA Slurm contains some inconsistent authorization checks against the Operator permission level in the SlurmDBD that can be chained together in a way that would permit an Operator to make themselves an Administrator.

## Affected

- `Slurm 25.05.0 through 25.05.8`
- `Slurm 25.11.0 through 25.11.7`
- `Slurm 26.05.0 through 26.05.3`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.