bwForCluster NEMO

Research Cluster for Neuroscience, Elementary Particle Physics, Microsystems Engineering and Materials Science (NEMO)

Security Shutdown - Login Disabled

Published: 8 Jul 2026 by NEMO2 Team

Multiple security vulnerabilities currently exist for which exploit code is already available. To prevent misuse, we are forced to shut down login access.
Jobs that are already running will not be terminated and continue to run as normal. The cluster itself keeps running; only login is not possible until the security issues have been resolved.
We hope to restore login access by Friday, July 17th.
If you have any questions, please contact the NEMO2 team.
For data transfers, see:
https://wiki.bwhpc.de/e/NEMO2/SSH-Login-Disabled-Data-Transfer
Known vulnerabilities:
https://kb.ciq.com/article/rocky-linux/rl-bad-epoll-mitigation
https://kb.ciq.com/article/rocky-linux/rl-ghostlock-mitigation

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The University of Freiburg operates bwForCluster NEMO 2 as part of bwHPC, the state-wide high-performance computing initiative of Baden-Württemberg. bwHPC provides access to compute clusters and storage infrastructure for research and teaching across all universities in the state.

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