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CVE-2025-64517

sudo-rs is a memory safe implementation of sudo and su written in Rust. With `Defaults targetpw` (or `Defaults rootpw`) enabled, the password of the target account (or root account) instead of the invoking user is used for authentication. sudo-rs starting in version 0.2.5 and prior to version 0.2.10 incorrectly recorded the invoking user’s UID instead of the authenticated-as user's UID in the authentication timestamp. Any later `sudo` invocation on the same terminal while the timestamp was stil
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:eaaedcfa0c52fcfac4b98f668cb3cf48ab9f7558c05e1a9f5130fe7d65ee270f
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0

Affected products and versions

1 source assertion
{"product":"sudo-rs","vendor":"trifectatechfoundation","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":">= 0.2.5, < 0.2.10"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:367e1b0c6dfe6fcf08f36f61d20181dc80a3ca4f224d399ebcd7b50fe112f723 · sha256:ec2726c1a66c5402… · /containers/cna/affected/0

Provider-owned CVSS observations

1 source assertion
{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"LOCAL","availabilityImpact":"NONE","baseScore":4.4,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","confidentialityImpact":"NONE","integrityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"HIGH","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:367e1b0c6dfe6fcf08f36f61d20181dc80a3ca4f224d399ebcd7b50fe112f723 · sha256:ec2726c1a66c5402… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV3_1

CWE assertions

1 source assertion
{"cweId":"CWE-287","description":"CWE-287: Improper Authentication","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:367e1b0c6dfe6fcf08f36f61d20181dc80a3ca4f224d399ebcd7b50fe112f723 · sha256:ec2726c1a66c5402… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

Source references

3 source assertions
{"name":"https://github.com/trifectatechfoundation/sudo-rs/commit/8423fd986c3fa58b357f238c0db5e54baca5255d.","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"],"url":"https://github.com/trifectatechfoundation/sudo-rs/commit/8423fd986c3fa58b357f238c0db5e54baca5255d."}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:367e1b0c6dfe6fcf08f36f61d20181dc80a3ca4f224d399ebcd7b50fe112f723 · sha256:ec2726c1a66c5402… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"name":"https://github.com/trifectatechfoundation/sudo-rs/releases/tag/v0.2.10","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"],"url":"https://github.com/trifectatechfoundation/sudo-rs/releases/tag/v0.2.10"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:367e1b0c6dfe6fcf08f36f61d20181dc80a3ca4f224d399ebcd7b50fe112f723 · sha256:ec2726c1a66c5402… · /containers/cna/references/2
{"name":"https://github.com/trifectatechfoundation/sudo-rs/security/advisories/GHSA-q428-6v73-fc4q","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"],"url":"https://github.com/trifectatechfoundation/sudo-rs/security/advisories/GHSA-q428-6v73-fc4q"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:367e1b0c6dfe6fcf08f36f61d20181dc80a3ca4f224d399ebcd7b50fe112f723 · sha256:ec2726c1a66c5402… · /containers/cna/references/0

Attribution and limitations

  • CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →

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