---
id: CVE-2026-65168
title: >-
  NVIDIA Slurm contains an attacker-controlled heap-based buffer overflow in the
  slurmstepd socket handling code.
summary: >-
  NVIDIA Slurm contains an attacker-controlled heap-based buffer overflow in the
  slurmstepd socket handling code.
severity: high
cvss: 7
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cvssSource: cna
cwe:
  - CWE-122
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: '2026-11-03T17:47:34.125519Z'
published: '2026-11-03'
updated: '2026-11-03'
sourceUpdated: '2026-11-03T18:26:46.558Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-65168'
references:
  - url: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-65168'
  - url: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-65168'
tags:
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00148
epssPercentile: 0.03993
ingestedAt: '2026-11-05T20:33:06.348Z'
---

## Overview

NVIDIA Slurm contains an attacker-controlled heap-based buffer overflow in the slurmstepd socket handling code.

## 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.