CVE-2004-0318

CRITICAL 10.0CVE-2004-0318 · Published 23/11/2004 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2004-0318 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 10.0) vulnerability affecting lsf (platform).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 4.2%, higher than 91.1% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
lsf platform	`= 4.0= 4.2= 5.0= 5.1= 6.0`	No fix yet

Description

Load Sharing Facility (LSF) 4.x, 5.x, and 6.x uses the LSF_EAUTH_UID environment variable, if it exists, instead of the real UID of the user, which could allow remote attackers within the local cluster to gain privileges.

References

marc.info
securityfocus.com/bid/9724 · Exploit
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15278

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