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.
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Affected Vendors & Products
Advisories
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Debian DLA |
DLA-3272-1 | sudo security update |
Debian DSA |
DSA-5321-1 | sudo security update |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-5811-1 | Sudo vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-5811-2 | Sudo vulnerability |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-5811-3 | Sudo vulnerability |
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Solution
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2025-04-04T15:45:24.835Z
Reserved: 2023-01-06T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2023-22809
Updated: 2024-08-02T10:20:30.856Z
Status : Modified
Published: 2023-01-18T17:15:10.353
Modified: 2025-04-04T16:15:16.850
Link: CVE-2023-22809
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Debian DLA
Debian DSA
Ubuntu USN