# CVE-2026-65140: CVE-2026-65140

Status: published. Published: 2026-11-03. Updated: 2026-11-03.

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.

## Remediation

No remediation reported in collected sources

## Affected products and versions

- NVIDIA / Slurm: 25.05.0 through 25.05.8 (affected); 25.11.0 through 25.11.7 (affected); 26.05.0 through 26.05.3 (affected). Source: CNA: nvidia

## Severity and prioritization

- CVSS 3.1: 5.7 (medium); CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N; source: CNA: nvidia

- CVSS 3.1: 5.7 (medium); CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N; source: NVD: psirt@nvidia.com

- CISA KEV: No listing in collected sources

- EPSS: Not available

- SSVC: exploitation none; automatable no; technical impact total; source ADP: CISA-ADP

- Weaknesses: CWE-863

## Exploit evidence

No exploit evidence in collected sources. This is not proof of no exploitation.

## References

- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-65140 (CNA: nvidia)

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-65140 (CNA: nvidia)

- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-65140 (psirt@nvidia.com)

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-65140 (psirt@nvidia.com)

## Provenance

- CNA: nvidia: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-65140; retrieved 2026-11-03; source updated 2026-11-03

- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-65140; retrieved 2026-11-03; source updated 2026-11-03

Revision: a092f90e0cf003cf01999effaee2d9f71b59eff070949f04166e5d4eefa7bff6

Canonical: https://y2.dev/cve/CVE-2026-65140

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