---
id: "CVE-2026-65165"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-65165"]
title: "NVIDIA Slurm: user can reach compute nodes outside their job allocation"
severity: "medium"
cvss: 5.3
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "infrastructure"
products: []
ecosystems: []
tags: ["hpc", "infrastructure", "linux", "slurm"]
not_affected_if: ["no-arbitrary-distribution", "single-user-cluster"]
published_at: "2026-11-03T16:17:36+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-11-03T16:21:45+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-11-03T16:24:17+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-65165", "first_seen_at": "2026-11-03T16:21:45+00:00"}]
---

# NVIDIA Slurm: user can reach compute nodes outside their job allocation

NVIDIA Slurm, the cluster job scheduler, lets a user alter the nodelist passed with the --distribution=arbitrary option. A user can use this to reach compute nodes outside their own job allocation.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## How to check

- Check the installed Slurm version with `sinfo --version` or `slurmctld -V`, then compare it to the versions listed in the NVD entry.
- Confirm whether users can submit jobs with --distribution=arbitrary on your clusters.

## Timeline

- 2026-11-03T16:21:45+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-65165

## Documents

- [mentions] Google Cloud Security Bulletins: GCP-2026-062: Published: 2026-09-11 Description Description Severity Notes Multiple security vulnerabilities were discovered in Slurm that affect Cluster  https://docs.cloud.google.com/support/bulletins/index#gcp-2026-062

## From the sources

NVIDIA Slurm contains a vulnerability where a user could deliberately alter the provided nodelist alongside the --distribution=arbitrary option to gain access to compute nodes outside of the current job allocation.

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