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CVE-2026-82457 (GCVE-0-2026-82457)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-29 13:47 – Updated: 2026-09-01 02:10
VLAI
Title
su-exec through 0.3 Privilege Escalation via Numeric User ID
Summary
su-exec through 0.3 fails to validate numeric user and group identifiers parsed with strtol before assigning to uid_t and gid_t, allowing truncation of out-of-range values to zero. Attackers can supply large numeric identifiers that truncate to root's identifier, causing su-exec to execute target programs with root privileges instead of intended unprivileged accounts.
Severity
8.5 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-01 02:10 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-681 - Incorrect Conversion between Numeric Types
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
ncopa su-exec Affected: 0 , ≤ 0.3 (custom)
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Date Public
2026-08-27 00:00
Credits
Ali Firas
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