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.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4614-1 sudo security update
Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

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References
Link Providers
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:10758 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:11521 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:12310 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13731 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13888 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13889 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13891 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13892 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13895 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13896 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:14228 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:14437 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19067 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19220 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20040 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20087 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:21275 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:21656 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:21690 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:21695 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:23233 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:28887 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:30088 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:34098 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-35535 cve-icon
https://bugs.debian.org/1130593 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sudo/+bug/2143042 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2454714 cve-icon
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-253495.html cve-icon
https://github.com/sudo-project/sudo/commit/3e474c2f201484be83d994ae10a4e20e8c81bb69 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026/06/msg00003.html cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-35535 cve-icon
https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-35535.json cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-35535 cve-icon
https://www.qualys.com/2026/03/10/crack-armor.txt cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
History

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 16:30:00 +0000

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References

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Siemens sinec Os
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:siemens:ruggedcom_rst2428p_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:siemens:sinec_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Siemens ruggedcom Rst2428p Firmware
Siemens sinec Os

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 17:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Siemens
Siemens ruggedcom Rst2428p
Siemens ruggedcom Rst2428p Firmware
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:sudo_project:sudo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sudo_project:sudo:1.9.17:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sudo_project:sudo:1.9.17:p1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sudo_project:sudo:1.9.17:p2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:siemens:ruggedcom_rst2428p:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:siemens:ruggedcom_rst2428p_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Siemens
Siemens ruggedcom Rst2428p
Siemens ruggedcom Rst2428p Firmware

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 14:30:00 +0000

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References

Sat, 04 Apr 2026 01:15:00 +0000

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Title Privilege Escalation via Non‑fatal Group Privilege Drop in Sudo sudo: Sudo: Privilege escalation due to failure in privilege drop calls
Weaknesses CWE-272
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Important


Fri, 03 Apr 2026 15:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 03 Apr 2026 10:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Privilege Escalation via Non‑fatal Group Privilege Drop in Sudo
First Time appeared Sudo Project
Sudo Project sudo
Vendors & Products Sudo Project
Sudo Project sudo

Fri, 03 Apr 2026 02:45:00 +0000

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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.
Weaknesses CWE-271
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-15T01:02:43.132Z

Reserved: 2026-04-03T02:21:32.829Z

Link: CVE-2026-35535

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-06-02T13:01:15.329Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2026-04-03T03:16:18.233

Modified: 2026-07-24T21:10:00.143

Link: CVE-2026-35535

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-04-03T02:21:33Z

Links: CVE-2026-35535 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-04-07T07:55:13Z

Weaknesses