CVE-2026-35535_CVE-2026-35535

7.4 / 10

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-35535

Source mitre

Published Apr 3, 2026 at 02:21

Modified Apr 4, 2026 at 03:55

Affected Product

Vendor Sudo project

Product Sudo

Affected Versions Sudo project Sudo 0

CWE Classification

CWE-271

References

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