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CVE-2026-35535

CVE-2026-35535HIGH

Sudo project Sudo — In Sudo through 1.9.17p2 before 3e474c2, a failure of a setuid, setgid, or setgroups call, during a privilege drop before running the mai…

  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   L   L   L   N  U  H  H  H    7.8   .0018    6.8     —

AFFECTED
  Product  Versions     Fixed
  Sudo     unspecified  —

TIMELINE
  Apr 3   Reserved by mitre
  Apr 3   Published (CNA: mitre)
  Aug 25  RESCORED — CVE-2026-35535 (Sudo project Sudo). CVSS 7.4 → 7.8 (NVD).

CWE-271, CWE-272 · CNA: mitre · CVSS v3.1 · 34 references · NVD status: Modified

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.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
Date	Event	Detail
April 3, 2026	Reserved	Reserved by mitre
April 3, 2026	Published	Published (CNA: mitre)
August 25, 2026	RESCORED	RESCORED — CVE-2026-35535 (Sudo project Sudo). CVSS 7.4 → 7.8 (NVD).

Affected

Affected products and packages — 1 row
Vendor	Product / Package	Ecosystem	Version introduced	Fixed
Sudo project	Sudo	—	—	—

Weaknesses

CWE-271 · CWE-272

References (34)

Authoritative record: CVE-2026-35535 at cve.org

Vendors: sudo project

Weaknesses: CWE-271 · CWE-272

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