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CVE-2023-28486

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-28486 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting Sudo versions prior to 1.9.13, where control characters in log messages are not properly escaped. This flaw could lead to information disclosure (CVSS: 5.3, C:L) and impacts products like NetApp Active IQ Unified Manager and Sudo Project Sudo. The attack vector is network-based with low complexity, requiring no user interaction. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.9.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sudo_project:sudo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:vmware_vsphere:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.3MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.92%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
56.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0092 is in the 35th percentile among its peer group of 23,723 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (36)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 1.0 ARMFixed in: 1.9.13p3-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cm1 sudo 1.9.13p3-1 on CBL Mariner 1.0Fixed in: 1.9.13p3-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 1.0 x64Fixed in: 1.9.13p3-1
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: sudo-0:1.9.5p2-10.el9_3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update SupportFixed in: sudo-0:1.9.5p2-7.el9_0.4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update SupportFixed in: sudo-0:1.9.5p2-9.el9_2.2
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHODF-4.15-RHEL-9Fixed in: odf4/cephcsi-rhel9:v4.15.0-37
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHODF-4.15-RHEL-9Fixed in: odf4/mcg-core-rhel9:v4.15.0-68
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHODF-4.15-RHEL-9Fixed in: odf4/mcg-operator-bundle:v4.15.0-158
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHODF-4.15-RHEL-9Fixed in: odf4/mcg-rhel9-operator:v4.15.0-39
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHODF-4.15-RHEL-9Fixed in: odf4/ocs-client-console-rhel9:v4.15.0-58
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHODF-4.15-RHEL-9Fixed in: odf4/ocs-client-operator-bundle:v4.15.0-158
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHODF-4.15-RHEL-9Fixed in: odf4/ocs-client-rhel9-operator:v4.15.0-13
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHODF-4.15-RHEL-9Fixed in: odf4/ocs-metrics-exporter-rhel9:v4.15.0-81
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHODF-4.15-RHEL-9Fixed in: odf4/ocs-operator-bundle:v4.15.0-158
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHODF-4.15-RHEL-9Fixed in: odf4/ocs-rhel9-operator:v4.15.0-79
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHODF-4.15-RHEL-9Fixed in: odf4/odf-cli-rhel9:v4.15.0-22
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHODF-4.15-RHEL-9Fixed in: odf4/odf-console-rhel9:v4.15.0-57
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHODF-4.15-RHEL-9Fixed in: odf4/odf-cosi-sidecar-rhel9:v4.15.0-6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHODF-4.15-RHEL-9Fixed in: odf4/odf-csi-addons-operator-bundle:v4.15.0-158
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHODF-4.15-RHEL-9Fixed in: odf4/odf-csi-addons-rhel9-operator:v4.15.0-15
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHODF-4.15-RHEL-9Fixed in: odf4/odf-csi-addons-sidecar-rhel9:v4.15.0-15
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHODF-4.15-RHEL-9Fixed in: odf4/odf-multicluster-console-rhel9:v4.15.0-54
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHODF-4.15-RHEL-9Fixed in: odf4/odf-multicluster-operator-bundle:v4.15.0-158
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHODF-4.15-RHEL-9Fixed in: odf4/odf-multicluster-rhel9-operator:v4.15.0-10
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHODF-4.15-RHEL-9Fixed in: odf4/odf-must-gather-rhel9:v4.15.0-26
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHODF-4.15-RHEL-9Fixed in: odf4/odf-operator-bundle:v4.15.0-158
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHODF-4.15-RHEL-9Fixed in: odf4/odf-rhel9-operator:v4.15.0-19
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHODF-4.15-RHEL-9Fixed in: odf4/odr-cluster-operator-bundle:v4.15.0-158
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHODF-4.15-RHEL-9Fixed in: odf4/odr-hub-operator-bundle:v4.15.0-158
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHODF-4.15-RHEL-9Fixed in: odf4/odr-rhel9-operator:v4.15.0-21
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHODF-4.15-RHEL-9Fixed in: odf4/rook-ceph-rhel9-operator:v4.15.0-103
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: sudo-0:1.9.5p2-1.el8_9
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update SupportFixed in: sudo-0:1.9.5p2-1.el8_6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update SupportFixed in: sudo-0:1.9.5p2-1.el8_8
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Vendor Advisories (3)

microsoft2023-Apr/CVE-2023-28486

CVE-2023-28486

Apr 11, 2023
redhatCVE-2023-28486Moderate

sudo: Sudo does not escape control characters in log messages

Mar 16, 2023
microsoft2023-Mar/CVE-2023-28486Moderate

Sudo before 1.9.13 does not escape control characters in log messages.

Mar 14, 2023

References

github.com / sudo-project/sudo/commit/334daf92b31b79ce68ed75e2ee14fca265f029ca
Patch
github.com / sudo-project/sudo/releases/tag/SUDO_1_9_13
Release Notes
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2024/02/msg00002.html
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202309-12
Third Party Advisory
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20230420-0002
Third Party Advisory