In Sudo before 1.9.12p2, the sudoedit (aka -e) feature mishandles extra arguments passed in the user-provided environment variables (SUDO_EDITOR, VISUAL, and EDITOR), allowing a local attacker to append arbitrary entries to the list of files to process. This can lead to privilege escalation. Affected versions are 1.8.0 through 1.9.12.p1. The problem exists because a user-specified editor may contain a "--" argument that defeats a protection mechanism, e.g., an EDITOR='vim -- /path/to/extra/file' value.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alma_linux | — | Upgrade sudoUpgrade sudo-python-plugin | Jan 25, 2023 | Jan 18, 2023 |
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade sudo | Aug 22, 2024 | Jan 18, 2023 |
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade sudo-develUpgrade sudoUpgrade sudo-debuginfo | Mar 7, 2023 | Jan 18, 2023 |
| Amazon_linux | — | Upgrade sudo | Feb 7, 2023 | Jan 18, 2023 |
| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade sudo-debugsourceUpgrade sudo-python-plugin-debuginfoUpgrade sudo-debuginfoUpgrade sudo-logsrvd-debuginfoUpgrade sudo-python-pluginUpgrade sudo-logsrvdUpgrade sudoUpgrade sudo-devel | Feb 17, 2025 | Jan 18, 2023 |
| Apple Osx Accessibility | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Jan 18, 2023 |
| Apple Osx Accounts | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Jan 18, 2023 |
| Apple Osx Amd | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Jan 18, 2023 |
| Apple Osx Applemobilefileintegrity | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Jan 18, 2023 |
| Apple Osx Associateddomains | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Jan 18, 2023 |
| Apple Osx Contacts | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Jan 18, 2023 |
| Apple Osx Corelocation | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Jan 18, 2023 |
| Apple Osx Coreservices | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Jan 18, 2023 |
| Apple Osx Cups | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Jan 18, 2023 |
| Apple Osx Dcerpc | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Jan 18, 2023 |
| Apple Osx Desktopservices | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Jan 18, 2023 |
| Apple Osx Facegallery | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Jan 18, 2023 |
| Apple Osx Geoservices | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Jan 18, 2023 |
| Apple Osx Imageio | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Jan 18, 2023 |
| Apple Osx Iosurface | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Jan 18, 2023 |
| Apple Osx Iosurfaceaccelerator | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Jan 18, 2023 |
| Apple Osx Kernel | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Jan 18, 2023 |
| Apple Osx Launchservices | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Jan 18, 2023 |
| Apple Osx Libxml2 | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Jan 18, 2023 |
| Apple Osx Libxpc | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Jan 18, 2023 |
| Apple Osx Mallocstacklogging | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Jan 18, 2023 |
| Apple Osx Metal | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Jan 18, 2023 |
| Apple Osx Mobilestoragemounter | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Jan 18, 2023 |
| Apple Osx Modelio | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Jan 18, 2023 |
| Apple Osx Networkextension | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Jan 18, 2023 |
| Apple Osx Nsurlsession | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Jan 18, 2023 |
| Apple Osx Packagekit | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Jan 18, 2023 |
| Apple Osx Pdfkit | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Jan 18, 2023 |
| Apple Osx Perl | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Jan 18, 2023 |
| Apple Osx Photos | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Jan 18, 2023 |
| Apple Osx Quicklook | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Jan 18, 2023 |
| Apple Osx Sandbox | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Jan 18, 2023 |
| Apple Osx Screensaver | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Jan 18, 2023 |
| Apple Osx Security | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Jan 18, 2023 |
| Apple Osx Sharesheet | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Jan 18, 2023 |
| Apple Osx Shell | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Jan 18, 2023 |
| Apple Osx Shortcuts | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Jan 18, 2023 |
| Apple Osx Siri | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Jan 18, 2023 |
| Apple Osx Sqlite | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Jan 18, 2023 |
| Apple Osx Storagekit | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Jan 18, 2023 |
| Apple Osx Sudo | — | Upgrade macOS to the latest version | Sep 6, 2023 | Jan 18, 2023 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade sudoUpgrade sudo-debuginfoUpgrade sudo-devel | Jan 24, 2023 | Jan 18, 2023 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade sudo | Jan 20, 2023 | Jan 18, 2023 |
| Dell Powerstore Dsa2023173 | — | Upgrade Dell PowerStoreOS to the latest version | Oct 23, 2025 | Jun 21, 2023 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade app-admin/sudo. | May 4, 2023 | Jan 18, 2023 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp10 | — | Upgrade sudo | Mar 20, 2023 | Jan 18, 2023 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp11 | — | Upgrade sudo | May 8, 2023 | Jan 18, 2023 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp5 | — | Upgrade sudo | Jun 9, 2023 | Jan 18, 2023 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp8 | — | Upgrade sudo | Apr 13, 2023 | Jan 18, 2023 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp9 | — | Upgrade sudo | Mar 9, 2023 | Jan 18, 2023 |
| Nutanix Ahv | — | Upgrade Nutanix AHV to the latest version | Jun 5, 2026 | Apr 11, 2023 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade sudo-develUpgrade sudo-python-pluginUpgrade sudo | Jan 24, 2023 | Jan 18, 2023 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade sudo-python-plugin-debuginfoUpgrade sudo-python-pluginUpgrade sudo-debugsourceUpgrade sudo-develUpgrade sudoUpgrade sudo-debuginfo | Jan 24, 2023 | Jan 18, 2023 |
| Rocky_linux | — | Upgrade sudo-python-plugin-debuginfoUpgrade sudo-debuginfoUpgrade sudoUpgrade sudo-debugsourceUpgrade sudo-python-plugin | Mar 12, 2024 | Jan 18, 2023 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade sudo-plugin-pythonUpgrade sudo-develUpgrade sudo-testUpgrade sudo | Jan 20, 2023 | Jan 18, 2023 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade sudo (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade sudoUpgrade sudo-ldapUpgrade sudo-ldap (Ubuntu Pro) | Jan 19, 2023 | Jan 18, 2023 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 20, 2025 | Jan 18, 2023 |
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