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CVE-2026-35535 Detail

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.


Metrics

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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://bugs.debian.org/1130593 MITRE
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sudo/+bug/2143042 MITRE
https://github.com/sudo-project/sudo/commit/3e474c2f201484be83d994ae10a4e20e8c81bb69 MITRE
https://www.qualys.com/2026/03/10/crack-armor.txt MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-271 Privilege Dropping / Lowering Errors MITRE  

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-35535
NVD Published Date:
04/02/2026
NVD Last Modified:
04/02/2026
Source:
MITRE