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.
Published: 2026-04-03
Score: 7.4 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Fri, 03 Apr 2026 02:45:00 +0000

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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.
Weaknesses CWE-271
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-03T02:21:33.584Z

Reserved: 2026-04-03T02:21:32.829Z

Link: CVE-2026-35535

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-04-03T03:16:18.233

Modified: 2026-04-03T03:16:18.233

Link: CVE-2026-35535

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