Sudo
by Sudo Project
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CVEs (42)
| CVE | Vendor / Product | Sev | Risk | CVSS | EPSS | KEV | Published | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2005-1831 | Hig | 0.55 | 8.4 | 0.00 | May 31, 2005 | Sudo 1.6.8p7 on SuSE Linux 9.3, and possibly other Linux distributions, allows local users to gain privileges by using sudo to call su, then entering a blank password and hitting CTRL-C. NOTE: SuSE and multiple third-party researchers have not been able to replicate this issue,… | ||
| CVE-2017-1000368 | Hig | 0.53 | 8.2 | 0.01 | Jun 5, 2017 | Todd Miller's sudo version 1.8.20p1 and earlier is vulnerable to an input validation (embedded newlines) in the get_process_ttyname() function resulting in information disclosure and command execution. | ||
| CVE-2009-0034 | Hig | 0.51 | 7.8 | 0.00 | Jan 30, 2009 | parse.c in sudo 1.6.9p17 through 1.6.9p19 does not properly interpret a system group (aka %group) in the sudoers file during authorization decisions for a user who belongs to that group, which allows local users to leverage an applicable sudoers file and gain root privileges via… | ||
| CVE-2002-0184 | Hig | 0.47 | 7.8 | 0.01 | May 16, 2002 | Sudo before 1.6.6 contains an off-by-one error that can result in a heap-based buffer overflow that may allow local users to gain root privileges via special characters in the -p (prompt) argument, which are not properly expanded. | ||
| CVE-2015-8239 | Hig | 0.46 | 7.0 | 0.01 | Oct 10, 2017 | The SHA-2 digest support in the sudoers plugin in sudo after 1.8.7 allows local users with write permissions to parts of the called command to replace them before it is executed. | ||
| CVE-2017-1000367 | Med | 0.45 | 6.4 | 0.08 | Jun 5, 2017 | Todd Miller's sudo version 1.8.20 and earlier is vulnerable to an input validation (embedded spaces) in the get_process_ttyname() function resulting in information disclosure and command execution. | ||
| CVE-2016-7076 | Med | 0.42 | 6.4 | 0.00 | May 29, 2018 | sudo before version 1.8.18p1 is vulnerable to a bypass in the sudo noexec restriction if application run via sudo executed wordexp() C library function with a user supplied argument. A local user permitted to run such application via sudo with noexec restriction could possibly… | ||
| CVE-2026-35535 | Hig | 0.41 | 7.4 | 0.00 | Apr 3, 2026 | In Sudo through 1.9.17p2 before 3e474c2, a failure of a setuid, setgid, or setgroups call, during a privilege drop before running the mailer, is not a fatal error and can lead to privilege escalation. | ||
| CVE-2016-7091 | Med | 0.29 | 4.4 | 0.00 | Dec 22, 2016 | sudo: It was discovered that the default sudo configuration on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and possibly other Linux implementations preserves the value of INPUTRC which could lead to information disclosure. A local user with sudo access to a restricted program that uses readline… | ||
| CVE-2014-9680 | Low | 0.21 | 3.3 | 0.00 | Apr 24, 2017 | sudo before 1.8.12 does not ensure that the TZ environment variable is associated with a zoneinfo file, which allows local users to open arbitrary files for read access (but not view file contents) by running a program within an sudo session, as demonstrated by interfering with… | ||
| CVE-2025-32463 | 0.20 | — | 0.47 | KEV | Jun 30, 2025 | Sudo before 1.9.17p1 allows local users to obtain root access because /etc/nsswitch.conf from a user-controlled directory is used with the --chroot option. | ||
| CVE-2019-14287 | 0.10 | — | 0.64 | Oct 17, 2019 | In Sudo before 1.8.28, an attacker with access to a Runas ALL sudoer account can bypass certain policy blacklists and session PAM modules, and can cause incorrect logging, by invoking sudo with a crafted user ID. For example, this allows bypass of !root configuration, and USER=… | |||
| CVE-2025-32462 | 0.05 | — | 0.03 | Jun 30, 2025 | Sudo before 1.9.17p1, when used with a sudoers file that specifies a host that is neither the current host nor ALL, allows listed users to execute commands on unintended machines. | |||
| CVE-2019-18634 | 0.03 | — | 0.19 | Jan 29, 2020 | In Sudo before 1.8.26, if pwfeedback is enabled in /etc/sudoers, users can trigger a stack-based buffer overflow in the privileged sudo process. (pwfeedback is a default setting in Linux Mint and elementary OS; however, it is NOT the default for upstream and many other packages,… | |||
| CVE-2015-5602 | 0.03 | — | 0.01 | Nov 17, 2015 | sudoedit in Sudo before 1.8.15 allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack on a file whose full path is defined using multiple wildcards in /etc/sudoers, as demonstrated by "/home/*/*/file.txt." | |||
| CVE-2013-1775 | 0.03 | — | 0.03 | Mar 5, 2013 | sudo 1.6.0 through 1.7.10p6 and sudo 1.8.0 through 1.8.6p6 allows local users or physically proximate attackers to bypass intended time restrictions and retain privileges without re-authenticating by setting the system clock and sudo user timestamp to the epoch. | |||
| CVE-2012-0809 | 0.03 | — | 0.03 | Feb 1, 2012 | Format string vulnerability in the sudo_debug function in Sudo 1.8.0 through 1.8.3p1 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via format string sequences in the program name for sudo. | |||
| CVE-2005-4158 | 0.03 | — | 0.01 | Dec 11, 2005 | Sudo before 1.6.8 p12, when the Perl taint flag is off, does not clear the (1) PERLLIB, (2) PERL5LIB, and (3) PERL5OPT environment variables, which allows limited local users to cause a Perl script to include and execute arbitrary library files that have the same name as library… | |||
| CVE-2004-1689 | 0.03 | — | 0.01 | Sep 16, 2004 | sudoedit (aka sudo -e) in sudo 1.6.8 opens a temporary file with root privileges, which allows local users to read arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the temporary file before quitting sudoedit. | |||
| CVE-2023-28487 | 0.00 | — | 0.01 | Mar 16, 2023 | Sudo before 1.9.13 does not escape control characters in sudoreplay output. |
- risk 0.55cvss 8.4epss 0.00
Sudo 1.6.8p7 on SuSE Linux 9.3, and possibly other Linux distributions, allows local users to gain privileges by using sudo to call su, then entering a blank password and hitting CTRL-C. NOTE: SuSE and multiple third-party researchers have not been able to replicate this issue,…
- risk 0.53cvss 8.2epss 0.01
Todd Miller's sudo version 1.8.20p1 and earlier is vulnerable to an input validation (embedded newlines) in the get_process_ttyname() function resulting in information disclosure and command execution.
- risk 0.51cvss 7.8epss 0.00
parse.c in sudo 1.6.9p17 through 1.6.9p19 does not properly interpret a system group (aka %group) in the sudoers file during authorization decisions for a user who belongs to that group, which allows local users to leverage an applicable sudoers file and gain root privileges via…
- risk 0.47cvss 7.8epss 0.01
Sudo before 1.6.6 contains an off-by-one error that can result in a heap-based buffer overflow that may allow local users to gain root privileges via special characters in the -p (prompt) argument, which are not properly expanded.
- risk 0.46cvss 7.0epss 0.01
The SHA-2 digest support in the sudoers plugin in sudo after 1.8.7 allows local users with write permissions to parts of the called command to replace them before it is executed.
- risk 0.45cvss 6.4epss 0.08
Todd Miller's sudo version 1.8.20 and earlier is vulnerable to an input validation (embedded spaces) in the get_process_ttyname() function resulting in information disclosure and command execution.
- risk 0.42cvss 6.4epss 0.00
sudo before version 1.8.18p1 is vulnerable to a bypass in the sudo noexec restriction if application run via sudo executed wordexp() C library function with a user supplied argument. A local user permitted to run such application via sudo with noexec restriction could possibly…
- risk 0.41cvss 7.4epss 0.00
In Sudo through 1.9.17p2 before 3e474c2, a failure of a setuid, setgid, or setgroups call, during a privilege drop before running the mailer, is not a fatal error and can lead to privilege escalation.
- risk 0.29cvss 4.4epss 0.00
sudo: It was discovered that the default sudo configuration on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and possibly other Linux implementations preserves the value of INPUTRC which could lead to information disclosure. A local user with sudo access to a restricted program that uses readline…
- risk 0.21cvss 3.3epss 0.00
sudo before 1.8.12 does not ensure that the TZ environment variable is associated with a zoneinfo file, which allows local users to open arbitrary files for read access (but not view file contents) by running a program within an sudo session, as demonstrated by interfering with…
- risk 0.20cvss —epss 0.47
Sudo before 1.9.17p1 allows local users to obtain root access because /etc/nsswitch.conf from a user-controlled directory is used with the --chroot option.
- CVE-2019-14287Oct 17, 2019risk 0.10cvss —epss 0.64
In Sudo before 1.8.28, an attacker with access to a Runas ALL sudoer account can bypass certain policy blacklists and session PAM modules, and can cause incorrect logging, by invoking sudo with a crafted user ID. For example, this allows bypass of !root configuration, and USER=…
- CVE-2025-32462Jun 30, 2025risk 0.05cvss —epss 0.03
Sudo before 1.9.17p1, when used with a sudoers file that specifies a host that is neither the current host nor ALL, allows listed users to execute commands on unintended machines.
- CVE-2019-18634Jan 29, 2020risk 0.03cvss —epss 0.19
In Sudo before 1.8.26, if pwfeedback is enabled in /etc/sudoers, users can trigger a stack-based buffer overflow in the privileged sudo process. (pwfeedback is a default setting in Linux Mint and elementary OS; however, it is NOT the default for upstream and many other packages,…
- CVE-2015-5602Nov 17, 2015risk 0.03cvss —epss 0.01
sudoedit in Sudo before 1.8.15 allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack on a file whose full path is defined using multiple wildcards in /etc/sudoers, as demonstrated by "/home/*/*/file.txt."
- CVE-2013-1775Mar 5, 2013risk 0.03cvss —epss 0.03
sudo 1.6.0 through 1.7.10p6 and sudo 1.8.0 through 1.8.6p6 allows local users or physically proximate attackers to bypass intended time restrictions and retain privileges without re-authenticating by setting the system clock and sudo user timestamp to the epoch.
- CVE-2012-0809Feb 1, 2012risk 0.03cvss —epss 0.03
Format string vulnerability in the sudo_debug function in Sudo 1.8.0 through 1.8.3p1 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via format string sequences in the program name for sudo.
- CVE-2005-4158Dec 11, 2005risk 0.03cvss —epss 0.01
Sudo before 1.6.8 p12, when the Perl taint flag is off, does not clear the (1) PERLLIB, (2) PERL5LIB, and (3) PERL5OPT environment variables, which allows limited local users to cause a Perl script to include and execute arbitrary library files that have the same name as library…
- CVE-2004-1689Sep 16, 2004risk 0.03cvss —epss 0.01
sudoedit (aka sudo -e) in sudo 1.6.8 opens a temporary file with root privileges, which allows local users to read arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the temporary file before quitting sudoedit.
- CVE-2023-28487Mar 16, 2023risk 0.00cvss —epss 0.01
Sudo before 1.9.13 does not escape control characters in sudoreplay output.
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