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High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Dec 19, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2019-19234

CVE-2019-19234

Description

In Sudo through 1.8.29, the fact that a user has been blocked (e.g., by using the ! character in the shadow file instead of a password hash) is not considered, allowing an attacker (who has access to a Runas ALL sudoer account) to impersonate any blocked user. NOTE: The software maintainer believes that this CVE is not valid. Disabling local password authentication for a user is not the same as disabling all access to that user--the user may still be able to login via other means (ssh key, kerberos, etc). Both the Linux shadow(5) and passwd(1) manuals are clear on this. Indeed it is a valid use case to have local accounts that are _only_ accessible via sudo and that cannot be logged into with a password. Sudo 1.8.30 added an optional setting to check the _shell_ of the target user (not the encrypted password!) against the contents of /etc/shells but that is not the same thing as preventing access to users with an invalid password hash

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Affected products

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  • Sudo Project/Sudo2 versions
    cpe: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

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