CVE-2026-82474

HIGH8.5

Sudo through 1.9.17p2 Intercept Policy Bypass via execveat

Published Aug 29, 2026

Modified 2 weeks ago

Details

Sudo through 1.9.17p2 fails to apply intercept policy checks to the execveat system call in ptrace-based intercept mode. Users permitted to run specific commands can execute denied programs by calling execveat directly or through fexecve, bypassing policy enforcement and logging.

References

WEB

https://github.com/sudo-project/sudo

WEB

https://github.com/sudo-project/sudo/blob/v1.9.17p2/src/exec_ptrace.c

FIX

https://github.com/sudo-project/sudo/commit/71fbe42dcd5a1c8f799540583a2dfb2ae6221edf

ADVISORY

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-82474

ADVISORY

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/sudo-through-1.9-17p2-intercept-policy-bypass-via-execveat

CVSS Analysis