Sudo
by Todd Miller
CVEs (32)
| 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-2016-7032 | Hig | 0.46 | 7.0 | 0.00 | Apr 14, 2017 | sudo_noexec.so in Sudo before 1.8.15 on Linux might allow local users to bypass intended noexec command restrictions via an application that calls the (1) system or (2) popen function. | ||
| 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-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-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-2007-4305 | 0.03 | — | 0.01 | Aug 13, 2007 | Multiple race conditions in the (1) Sudo monitor mode and (2) Sysjail policies in Systrace on NetBSD and OpenBSD allow local users to defeat system call interposition, and consequently bypass access control policy and auditing. | |||
| 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-2002-0043 | 0.03 | — | 0.01 | Jan 31, 2002 | sudo 1.6.0 through 1.6.3p7 does not properly clear the environment before calling the mail program, which could allow local users to gain root privileges by modifying environment variables and changing how the mail program is invoked. | |||
| CVE-2023-7090 | 0.00 | — | 0.01 | Dec 23, 2023 | A flaw was found in sudo in the handling of ipa_hostname, where ipa_hostname from /etc/sssd/sssd.conf was not propagated in sudo. Therefore, it leads to privilege mismanagement vulnerability in applications, where client hosts retain privileges even after retracting them. | |||
| CVE-2014-0106 | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | Mar 11, 2014 | Sudo 1.6.9 before 1.8.5, when env_reset is disabled, does not properly check environment variables for the env_delete restriction, which allows local users with sudo permissions to bypass intended command restrictions via a crafted environment variable. | |||
| CVE-2013-2777 | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | Apr 8, 2013 | sudo before 1.7.10p5 and 1.8.x before 1.8.6p6, when the tty_tickets option is enabled, does not properly validate the controlling terminal device, which allows local users with sudo permissions to hijack the authorization of another terminal via vectors related to a session… | |||
| CVE-2013-2776 | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | Apr 8, 2013 | sudo 1.3.5 through 1.7.10p5 and 1.8.0 through 1.8.6p6, when running on systems without /proc or the sysctl function with the tty_tickets option enabled, does not properly validate the controlling terminal device, which allows local users with sudo permissions to hijack the… | |||
| CVE-2013-1776 | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | Apr 8, 2013 | sudo 1.3.5 through 1.7.10 and 1.8.0 through 1.8.5, when the tty_tickets option is enabled, does not properly validate the controlling terminal device, which allows local users with sudo permissions to hijack the authorization of another terminal via vectors related to connecting… | |||
| CVE-2012-3440 | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | Aug 8, 2012 | A certain Red Hat script for sudo 1.7.2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /var/tmp/nsswitch.conf.bak temporary file. | |||
| CVE-2012-2337 | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | May 18, 2012 | sudo 1.6.x and 1.7.x before 1.7.9p1, and 1.8.x before 1.8.4p5, does not properly support configurations that use a netmask syntax, which allows local users to bypass intended command restrictions in opportunistic circumstances by executing a command on a host that has an IPv4… | |||
| CVE-2011-0008 | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | Jan 20, 2011 | A certain Fedora patch for parse.c in sudo before 1.7.4p5-1.fc14 on Fedora 14 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… | |||
| CVE-2011-0010 | 0.00 | — | 0.01 | Jan 18, 2011 | check.c in sudo 1.7.x before 1.7.4p5, when a Runas group is configured, does not require a password for command execution that involves a gid change but no uid change, which allows local users to bypass an intended authentication requirement via the -g option to a sudo command. | |||
| CVE-2010-2956 | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | Sep 10, 2010 | Sudo 1.7.0 through 1.7.4p3, when a Runas group is configured, does not properly handle use of the -u option in conjunction with the -g option, which allows local users to gain privileges via a command line containing a "-u root" sequence. |
- 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 0.46cvss 7.0epss 0.00
sudo_noexec.so in Sudo before 1.8.15 on Linux might allow local users to bypass intended noexec command restrictions via an application that calls the (1) system or (2) popen function.
- 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-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-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-2007-4305Aug 13, 2007risk 0.03cvss —epss 0.01
Multiple race conditions in the (1) Sudo monitor mode and (2) Sysjail policies in Systrace on NetBSD and OpenBSD allow local users to defeat system call interposition, and consequently bypass access control policy and auditing.
- 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-2002-0043Jan 31, 2002risk 0.03cvss —epss 0.01
sudo 1.6.0 through 1.6.3p7 does not properly clear the environment before calling the mail program, which could allow local users to gain root privileges by modifying environment variables and changing how the mail program is invoked.
- CVE-2023-7090Dec 23, 2023risk 0.00cvss —epss 0.01
A flaw was found in sudo in the handling of ipa_hostname, where ipa_hostname from /etc/sssd/sssd.conf was not propagated in sudo. Therefore, it leads to privilege mismanagement vulnerability in applications, where client hosts retain privileges even after retracting them.
- CVE-2014-0106Mar 11, 2014risk 0.00cvss —epss 0.00
Sudo 1.6.9 before 1.8.5, when env_reset is disabled, does not properly check environment variables for the env_delete restriction, which allows local users with sudo permissions to bypass intended command restrictions via a crafted environment variable.
- CVE-2013-2777Apr 8, 2013risk 0.00cvss —epss 0.00
sudo before 1.7.10p5 and 1.8.x before 1.8.6p6, when the tty_tickets option is enabled, does not properly validate the controlling terminal device, which allows local users with sudo permissions to hijack the authorization of another terminal via vectors related to a session…
- CVE-2013-2776Apr 8, 2013risk 0.00cvss —epss 0.00
sudo 1.3.5 through 1.7.10p5 and 1.8.0 through 1.8.6p6, when running on systems without /proc or the sysctl function with the tty_tickets option enabled, does not properly validate the controlling terminal device, which allows local users with sudo permissions to hijack the…
- CVE-2013-1776Apr 8, 2013risk 0.00cvss —epss 0.00
sudo 1.3.5 through 1.7.10 and 1.8.0 through 1.8.5, when the tty_tickets option is enabled, does not properly validate the controlling terminal device, which allows local users with sudo permissions to hijack the authorization of another terminal via vectors related to connecting…
- CVE-2012-3440Aug 8, 2012risk 0.00cvss —epss 0.00
A certain Red Hat script for sudo 1.7.2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /var/tmp/nsswitch.conf.bak temporary file.
- CVE-2012-2337May 18, 2012risk 0.00cvss —epss 0.00
sudo 1.6.x and 1.7.x before 1.7.9p1, and 1.8.x before 1.8.4p5, does not properly support configurations that use a netmask syntax, which allows local users to bypass intended command restrictions in opportunistic circumstances by executing a command on a host that has an IPv4…
- CVE-2011-0008Jan 20, 2011risk 0.00cvss —epss 0.00
A certain Fedora patch for parse.c in sudo before 1.7.4p5-1.fc14 on Fedora 14 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…
- CVE-2011-0010Jan 18, 2011risk 0.00cvss —epss 0.01
check.c in sudo 1.7.x before 1.7.4p5, when a Runas group is configured, does not require a password for command execution that involves a gid change but no uid change, which allows local users to bypass an intended authentication requirement via the -g option to a sudo command.
- CVE-2010-2956Sep 10, 2010risk 0.00cvss —epss 0.00
Sudo 1.7.0 through 1.7.4p3, when a Runas group is configured, does not properly handle use of the -u option in conjunction with the -g option, which allows local users to gain privileges via a command line containing a "-u root" sequence.
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