CVE-2026-35535

Summary

CVECVE-2026-35535
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-04-03 03:16:18 UTC
Updated2026-04-03 03:16:18 UTC
DescriptionIn 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.4 HIGH from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-271 | CWE-271 CWE-271 Privilege Dropping / Lowering Errors


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Secondary7.4HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.1CNACVSS7.4HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Sudo Project Sudo affected 3e474c2f201484be83d994ae10a4e20e8c81bb69 git Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
www.qualys.com/2026/03/10/crack-armor.txt [email protected] www.qualys.com
bugs.debian.org/1130593 [email protected] bugs.debian.org
github.com/sudo-project/sudo/commit/3e474c2f201484be83d994ae10a4e20e8c81... [email protected] github.com
bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sudo/+bug/2143042 [email protected] bugs.launchpad.net
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