CVE-2020-27745 describes a critical RPC buffer overflow vulnerability (CWE-120) in the PMIx MPI plugin of Slurm versions prior to 19.05.8 and 20.x before 20.02.6, affecting Debian Linux and SchedMD Slurm distributions. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to achieve full compromise (confidentiality, integrity, and availability) over the network with low attack complexity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 19.05.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:schedmd:slurm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 20.0.0, < 20.02.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:schedmd:slurm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.