Vulnerability in Altair Grid Engine (CVE-2025-40760)
Summary
Vulnerability in Altair Grid Engine (CVE-2025-40760). Confidential information can be exposed externally.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
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.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-40760 has been found in Altair Grid Engine.
Confidential information can be exposed externally. CVSS score: 5.5/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Altair Grid Engine CVE-2025-40760" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2025-40760 (Altair Grid Engine) — CWE-209 / CVSS v3 5.5
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-209) exists in Altair Grid Engine.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Altair Grid Engine.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 5.5/10). Confidential information can be exposed externally.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Altair Grid Engine を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。