CVE-2026-35535 (GCVE-0-2026-35535)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-03 02:21 – Updated: 2026-04-04 03:55
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Summary
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.
Severity
7.4 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-271 - Privilege Dropping / Lowering Errors
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Sudo project Sudo Affected: 0 , < 3e474c2f201484be83d994ae10a4e20e8c81bb69 (git)
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