Medium severity5.3NVD Advisory· Published Mar 16, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2023-28486
CVE-2023-28486
Description
Sudo before 1.9.13 does not escape control characters in log messages.
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Affected products
36- osv-coords32 versionspkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%207pkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.1pkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%207.1pkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%209pkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%209pkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Real%20Time%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Proxy%204.2pkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Server%204.2pkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.2pkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/almalinux/sudopkg:rpm/almalinux/sudo-python-pluginpkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP3-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.3pkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.4pkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/opensuse/sudo&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%20Micro%205.3pkg:rpm/opensuse/sudo&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4
< 1.8.27-150000.4.43.1+ 31 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.27-150000.4.43.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.27-150000.4.43.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.9.5p2-150300.3.24.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.9.5p2-150300.3.24.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.27-150000.4.43.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.20p2-3.39.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.20p2-3.39.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.20p2-3.39.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.20p2-3.39.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.27-4.38.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.9.5p2-150300.3.24.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.9.5p2-150300.3.24.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.9.5p2-150300.3.24.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.9.5p2-150300.3.24.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.27-150000.4.43.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.9.5p2-150300.3.24.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.27-150000.4.43.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.27-150000.4.43.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.27-4.38.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.9.5p2-150300.3.24.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.9.5p2-10.el9_3
- (no CPE)range: < 1.9.5p2-10.el9_3
- (no CPE)range: < 1.9.5p2-150300.3.24.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.27-4.38.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.9.5p2-150300.3.24.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.27-150000.4.43.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.20p2-3.39.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.9.9-150400.4.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.9.9-150400.4.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.9.9-150400.4.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.9.9-150400.4.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.9.9-150400.4.26.1
cpe:2.3:a:sudo_project:sudo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:sudo_project:sudo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <1.9.13
- (no CPE)range: <1.9.13
- cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:vmware_vsphere:*:*
- Sudo/Sudodescription
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
5- github.com/sudo-project/sudo/commit/334daf92b31b79ce68ed75e2ee14fca265f029canvdPatch
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-12nvdThird Party Advisory
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230420-0002/nvdThird Party Advisory
- github.com/sudo-project/sudo/releases/tag/SUDO_1_9_13nvdRelease Notes
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/02/msg00002.htmlnvd
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