CVE-2026-35535
Medium
Elevated severity or exploit probability.
CVSS base
7.4
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS — probability of exploitation (30 days)
0.2%
7.1th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness / dates
CWE-272
Published 2026-04-03 · modified 2026-09-01
CVSS breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
| Attack Vector | L | Local |
| Attack Complexity | H | High |
| Privileges Required | N | None |
| User Interaction | N | None |
| Scope | U | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | H | High |
| Integrity | H | High |
| Availability | H | High |
Timeline
- 2026-04-03 — Published (NVD)
- 2026-09-01 — Last modified (NVD)
Description
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.
Affected
References
- https://bugs.debian.org/1130593
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sudo/+bug/2143042
- https://github.com/sudo-project/sudo/commit/3e474c2f201484be83d994ae10a4e20e8c81bb69
- https://www.qualys.com/2026/03/10/crack-armor.txt
- 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
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:23233
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:28887
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:30088
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:34098
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:58981