# CVE-2026-65165: NVIDIA Slurm privilege escalation via arbitrary node distribution

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-65165-nvidia-slurm-contains-a-vulnerability-where-a-user-could  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2026-11-03. Updated: 2026-11-03  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2026-65165 · Severity: medium · CVSS 5.3 · Published 2026-11-03

NVIDIA Slurm is a job scheduling and resource management system used in high-performance computing clusters. A vulnerability allows users to manipulate job node assignments to gain unauthorized access to compute nodes outside their allocated job resources, potentially exposing data or disrupting other workloads.

Technologies: [Nvidia Slurm](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/nvidia-slurm). Vendors: [Nvidia](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/nvidia).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2026-65165 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-65165 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2026-65165?** Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 5.3, published 3 November 2026.

**Which products and versions are affected?** NVIDIA Slurm.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2026-65165?** No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.

**How is CVE-2026-65165 attacked?** It is attacked over the network, in a hosted service.

**Am I affected by CVE-2026-65165?** Check whether you run Nvidia Slurm. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## Technical details

A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in NVIDIA Slurm where an authenticated user can craft a malicious nodelist in combination with the --distribution=arbitrary option to bypass job allocation restrictions. This allows the attacker to access compute nodes they are not authorized to use within their current job context.

## Affected products

- NVIDIA Slurm

## Timeline

- 2026-11-03: disclosed

## References

- [https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-65165](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-65165)

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