A rolling reboot is in progress to address CVE-2026-23111 for all clusters, including Ascend, Cardinal, and Pitzer.

Rolling Reboot for Security Fix

Resolution: 
Unresolved

A rolling reboot is in progress to address CVE-2026-23111 (nf_tables logic bug) for all clusters, including Ascend, Cardinal, and Pitzer. Login nodes will be rebooted first and access will be temporarily disrupted. Compute nodes will reboot in a rolling fashion; running jobs will not be impacted.

Status: Scheduled Maintenance

Start Time: June 11, 2026 at 3:00 PM EST

Scope: All clusters

Impact: Temporary login node disruption; no job impact on compute nodes

Additional Changes:

  • OS updates for all clusters
  • Ascend and Cardinal migrated to open-source NVIDIA kernel modules

Updates on June 17:

  • 12 Cardinal nodes remaining to be rebooted
  • 11 Ascend nodes remaining to be rebooted
  • 6 Pitzer nodes remaining to be rebooted