High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Dec 19, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2019-19232
CVE-2019-19232
Description
In Sudo through 1.8.29, an attacker with access to a Runas ALL sudoer account can impersonate a nonexistent user by invoking sudo with a numeric uid that is not associated with any user. NOTE: The software maintainer believes that this is not a vulnerability because running a command via sudo as a user not present in the local password database is an intentional feature. Because this behavior surprised some users, sudo 1.8.30 introduced an option to enable/disable this behavior with the default being disabled. However, this does not change the fact that sudo was behaving as intended, and as documented, in earlier versions
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Affected products
3cpe:2.3:a:sudo:sudo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:sudo:sudo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=1.8.29
- (no CPE)range: <=1.8.29
- Sudo/Sudodescription
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
18- www.sudo.ws/devel.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- www.sudo.ws/stable.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Mar/31nvd
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2019-19232nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/I6TKF36KOQUVJNBHSVJFA7BU3CCEYD2F/nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IY6DZ7WMDKU4ZDML6MJLDAPG42B5WVUC/nvd
- quickview.cloudapps.cisco.com/quickview/bug/CSCvs58103nvd
- quickview.cloudapps.cisco.com/quickview/bug/CSCvs58812nvd
- quickview.cloudapps.cisco.com/quickview/bug/CSCvs58979nvd
- quickview.cloudapps.cisco.com/quickview/bug/CSCvs76870nvd
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200103-0004/nvd
- support.apple.com/en-gb/HT211100nvd
- support.apple.com/kb/HT211100nvd
- support2.windriver.com/index.phpnvd
- support2.windriver.com/index.phpnvd
- www.bsi.bund.de/SharedDocs/Warnmeldungen/DE/CB/2019/12/warnmeldung_cb-k20-0001.htmlnvd
- www.oracle.com/security-alerts/bulletinapr2020.htmlnvd
- www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/133936nvd
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