Description
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.
CVSS Metrics
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Attack Vector
- local
- Complexity
- low
- Privileges
- none
- User Action
- none
- Scope
- changed
- Confidentiality
- high
- Integrity
- high
- Availability
- high
- Weaknesses
- CWE-829
Metadata
- Primary Vendor
- SUDO_PROJECT
- Published
- 6/30/2025
- Last Modified
- 11/5/2025
- Source
- NIST NVD
- Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.
Affected Products
sudo_project : sudosudo_project : sudocanonical : ubuntu_linuxcanonical : ubuntu_linuxcanonical : ubuntu_linuxcanonical : ubuntu_linuxdebian : debian_linuxdebian : debian_linuxdebian : debian_linuxopensuse : leapredhat : enterprise_linuxsuse : linux_enterprise_desktopsuse : linux_enterprise_desktopsuse : linux_enterprise_real_timesuse : linux_enterprise_real_timesuse : linux_enterprise_real_timesuse : linux_enterprise_server_for_sapsuse : linux_enterprise_server_for_sap
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