CVE-2026-35535 is a privilege escalation vulnerability in Sudo versions through 1.9.17p2, stemming from a non-fatal error when privilege-dropping calls (setuid, setgid, setgroups) fail before running the mailer. Rated High with a CVSS score of 7.4, this vulnerability allows for high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability, though it requires local access and has high attack complexity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, nor are public exploit modules available on platforms like Metasploit or ExploitDB. Community discussion and media coverage remain low, indicating limited public attention at this time.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.9.17CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sudo_project:sudo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.9.17CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sudo_project:sudo:1.9.17:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.9.17CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sudo_project:sudo:1.9.17:p1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.9.17CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sudo_project:sudo:1.9.17:p2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:siemens:sinec_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.