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CVE-2026-82457 (GCVE-0-2026-82457)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-29 13:47 – Updated: 2026-08-29 13:47

Title

su-exec through 0.3 Privilege Escalation via Numeric User ID

Summary

su-exec through 0.3 fails to validate numeric user and group identifiers parsed with strtol before assigning to uid_t and gid_t, allowing truncation of out-of-range values to zero. Attackers can supply large numeric identifiers that truncate to root's identifier, causing su-exec to execute target programs with root privileges instead of intended unprivileged accounts.

Severity

8.5 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

7.8 (High)


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

CWE

CWE-681 - Incorrect Conversion between Numeric Types

Assigner

VulnCheck mitre root

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/ncopa/su-exec/blob/89c016e6e08…	technical-description
https://gist.github.com/thesmartshadow/ed96e2a886…	third-party-advisory
https://github.com/ncopa/su-exec	product
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/su-exec-thro…	third-party-advisory

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE status
ncopa	su-exec	Affected: 0 , ≤ 0.3 (custom)	guessed

Date Public

2026-08-27 00:00

Credits

Ali Firas

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FKIE_CVE-2026-82457

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-08-29 14:16 - Updated: 2026-08-29 14:16

Severity

7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

References

	URL	Tags
	disclosure@vulncheck.com	https://gist.github.com/thesmartshadow/ed96e2a88643c34a247c9b7cf9e311be
	disclosure@vulncheck.com	https://github.com/ncopa/su-exec
	disclosure@vulncheck.com	https://github.com/ncopa/su-exec/blob/89c016e6e08749d583efdeda04b9f73e1218e253/su-exec.c
	disclosure@vulncheck.com	https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/su-exec-through-0.3-privilege-escalation-via-numeric-user-id

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

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GHSA-QPG9-JG2W-M84X

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-29 15:30 – Updated: 2026-08-29 15:30

Details

Severity

7.8 (High)


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

8.5 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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  "modified": "2026-08-29T15:30:21Z",
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    },
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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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CVE-2026-82457 (GCVE-0-2026-82457)

FKIE_CVE-2026-82457

GHSA-QPG9-JG2W-M84X

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