Image family release notes

This document lists the available operating system (OS) image families that you can use in Cluster Director, their end of support (EOS) dates, and their patch release notes.

Supported image families

The following table lists the supported image families for the compute nodes in a cluster:

Image family Supported machine series End of support Release notes
a4x-ubuntu-2404-arm64-nvidia-580-slurm-2505-v20251118 A4X May 15, 2027 View notes
common-ubuntu-2204-amd64-nvidia-580-slurm-2505-v20251113 A4, A3 Ultra, and N2 May 15, 2027 View notes
common-ubuntu-2204-amd64-nvidia-570-slurm-2505-v20250918 A4, A3 Ultra, and N2 May 15, 2027 View notes
a3m-ubuntu-2204-amd64-nvidia-570-slurm-2505-v20251114 A3 Mega May 15, 2027 View notes
a3m-ubuntu-2204-amd64-nvidia-570-slurm-2505-v20250918 A3 Mega May 15, 2027 View notes

Image families for A4X

The following sections list the patch release notes for the image families that support the A4X machine series.

a4x-ubuntu-2404-arm64-nvidia-580-slurm-2505-v20251118

The following list details the patch release history for the a4x-ubuntu-2404-arm64-nvidia-580-slurm-2505-v20251118 image family:

  • v07 (April 3, 2026):

    • Fixed vulnerabilities in libssl3 and libtasn1-6 (CVE-2025-15467, CVE-2021-46848, CVE-2025-13151).

    • Removed the unused Node.js packages minimatch and flatted to address vulnerabilities (CVE-2026-27904, CVE-2026-32141).

  • v06 (March 3, 2026):

    • Removed the unused munge package to address a vulnerability (CVE-2026-25506).

  • v05 (February 13, 2026):

    • Disabled Data Center GPU Manager (DCGM) hang detection to resolve a known issue.

Image families for A4, A3 Ultra, and N2

The following sections list the patch release notes for the common Ubuntu image families that support the A4, A3 Ultra, and N2 machine series.

common-ubuntu-2204-amd64-nvidia-580-slurm-2505-v20251113

The following list details the patch release history for the common-ubuntu-2204-amd64-nvidia-580-slurm-2505-v20251113 image family:

  • v05 (April 3, 2026):

    • Fixed vulnerabilities in libssl3 and libtasn1-6 (CVE-2025-15467, CVE-2021-46848, CVE-2025-13151).

    • Removed the unused Node.js packages minimatch and flatted to address vulnerabilities (CVE-2026-27904, CVE-2026-32141).

  • v04 (March 3, 2026):

    • Removed the unused munge package to address a vulnerability (CVE-2026-25506).

  • v03 (February 13, 2026):

    • Disabled Data Center GPU Manager (DCGM) hang detection to resolve a known issue.

common-ubuntu-2204-amd64-nvidia-570-slurm-2505-v20250918

The following list details the patch release history for the common-ubuntu-2204-amd64-nvidia-570-slurm-2505-v20250918 image family:

  • v04 (April 3, 2026):

    • Fixed vulnerabilities in libssl3 and libtasn1-6 (CVE-2025-15467, CVE-2021-46848, CVE-2025-13151).

    • Removed the unused Node.js packages minimatch and flatted to address vulnerabilities (CVE-2026-27904, CVE-2026-32141).

  • v03 (March 3, 2026):

    • Removed the unused munge package to address a vulnerability (CVE-2026-25506).

  • v02 (February 10, 2026):

    • Upgraded open-vm-tools to version 2:12.3.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.3 to address a vulnerability (CVE-2025-41244).

Image families for A3 Mega

The following sections list the patch release notes for the image families that support the A3 Mega machine series.

a3m-ubuntu-2204-amd64-nvidia-570-slurm-2505-v20251114

The following list details the patch release history for the a3m-ubuntu-2204-amd64-nvidia-570-slurm-2505-v20251114 image family:

  • v05 (April 3, 2026):

    • Fixed vulnerabilities in libssl3 and libtasn1-6 (CVE-2025-15467, CVE-2021-46848, CVE-2025-13151).

    • Removed the unused Node.js packages minimatch and flatted to address vulnerabilities (CVE-2026-27904, CVE-2026-32141).

  • v04 (March 3, 2026):

    • Removed the unused munge package to address a vulnerability (CVE-2026-25506).

  • v03 (February 13, 2026):

    • Disabled Data Center GPU Manager (DCGM) hang detection to resolve a known issue.

a3m-ubuntu-2204-amd64-nvidia-570-slurm-2505-v20250918

The following list details the patch release history for the a3m-ubuntu-2204-amd64-nvidia-570-slurm-2505-v20250918 image family:

  • v04 (April 3, 2026):

    • Fixed vulnerabilities in libssl3 and libtasn1-6 (CVE-2025-15467, CVE-2021-46848, CVE-2025-13151).

    • Removed the unused Node.js packages minimatch and flatted to address vulnerabilities (CVE-2026-27904, CVE-2026-32141).

  • v03 (March 3, 2026):

    • Removed the unused munge package to address a vulnerability (CVE-2026-25506).

  • v02 (February 10, 2026):

    • Upgraded open-vm-tools to version 2:12.3.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.3 to address a vulnerability (CVE-2025-41244).