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High 7.8Published Apr 3, 2026
CVE-2026-35535In 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.
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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.
- CVSS
- 7.8 HIGH (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-271, CWE-272
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Not given
- NVD analysis
- Modified
- Record last updated
- Sep 1, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
sudo_project sudo sudo_project:sudo | before 1.9.17; 1.9.17; 1.9.17; 1.9.17 | NVD |
siemens sinec_os siemens:sinec_os | before 4.0 | NVD |
References
- https://bugs.debian.org/1130593broken-link
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sudo/+bug/2143042issue-tracking
- https://github.com/sudo-project/sudo/commit/3e474c2f201484be83d994ae10a4e20e8c81bb69patch
- https://www.qualys.com/2026/03/10/crack-armor.txtthird-party-advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026/06/msg00003.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:10758
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:11521
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:12310
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13731
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13888
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13889
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13891
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13892
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13895
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13896
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:14228
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:14437
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19067
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19220
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20040
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20087
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:21275
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:21656
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:21690
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:21695
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