CVE-2025-40760

Medium

Description

A vulnerability has been identified in Altair Grid Engine (All versions < V2026.0.0). Affected products do not properly handle error messages and discloses sensitive password hash information when processing user authentication requests. This could allow a local attacker to extract password hashes for privileged accounts, which can then be subjected to offline brute-force attacks.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.5
Exploit probability—
ProductAltair Grid Engine
PublishedNov 11, 2025
First seenNov 11, 2025
Weakness typeCWE-209CWE-209

How to fix

Update
  • Siemens Altair Grid EngineV2026.0.0 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
Siemens Altair Grid Enginev < V2026.0.0V2026.0.0

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