vulnerability
Arch Linux: Privilege escalation (CVE-2019-14287)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Oct 17, 2019 | Jul 11, 2025 | Mar 25, 2026 |
Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Oct 17, 2019
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Mar 25, 2026
Description
A flaw was found in the way sudo prior to 1.8.28 implemented running commands with arbitrary user ID. If a sudoers entry is written to allow the attacker to run a command as any user except root, this flaw can be used by the attacker to bypass that restriction.
Solution
arch-linux-upgrade-latest
References
Rapid7 Labs
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