CVE-2025-40760 MEDIUM

CVE-2025-40760

Vendor Siemens
Product Altair Grid Engine
Weakness CWE-209 · Error message info leak
Published November 11, 2025
Last update November 12, 2025

CVSS base score

5.5/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

November 11, 2025 CVE published
November 12, 2025 Record updated