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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD8.5 High

CVE-2026-82474

Sudo through 1.9.17p2 Intercept Policy Bypass via execveat

Description

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.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

sudo-project sudo

Default version status: unaffected

  • 0 to ≤ 1.9.17p2affected

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