ghsa-3vwp-294x-6v9c
Vulnerability from github
Published
2023-01-18 18:30
Modified
2025-04-04 18:30
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details

In Sudo before 1.9.12p2, the sudoedit (aka -e) feature mishandles extra arguments passed in the user-provided environment variables (SUDO_EDITOR, VISUAL, and EDITOR), allowing a local attacker to append arbitrary entries to the list of files to process. This can lead to privilege escalation. Affected versions are 1.8.0 through 1.9.12.p1. The problem exists because a user-specified editor may contain a "--" argument that defeats a protection mechanism, e.g., an EDITOR='vim -- /path/to/extra/file' value.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2023-22809"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-269"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2023-01-18T17:15:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "In Sudo before 1.9.12p2, the sudoedit (aka -e) feature mishandles extra arguments passed in the user-provided environment variables (SUDO_EDITOR, VISUAL, and EDITOR), allowing a local attacker to append arbitrary entries to the list of files to process. This can lead to privilege escalation. Affected versions are 1.8.0 through 1.9.12.p1. The problem exists because a user-specified editor may contain a \"--\" argument that defeats a protection mechanism, e.g., an EDITOR=\u0027vim -- /path/to/extra/file\u0027 value.",
  "id": "GHSA-3vwp-294x-6v9c",
  "modified": "2025-04-04T18:30:31Z",
  "published": "2023-01-18T18:30:16Z",
  "references": [
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-22809"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00012.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2QDGFCGAV5QRJCE6IXRXIS4XJHS57DDH"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/G4YNBTTKTRT2ME3NTSXAPTOKYUE47XHZ"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2QDGFCGAV5QRJCE6IXRXIS4XJHS57DDH"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/G4YNBTTKTRT2ME3NTSXAPTOKYUE47XHZ"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-12"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230127-0015"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213758"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5321"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.sudo.ws/security/advisories/sudoedit_any"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.synacktiv.com/sites/default/files/2023-01/sudo-CVE-2023-22809.pdf"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171644/sudo-1.9.12p1-Privilege-Escalation.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172509/Sudoedit-Extra-Arguments-Privilege-Escalation.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174234/Cisco-ThousandEyes-Enterprise-Agent-Virtual-Appliance-Arbitrary-File-Modification.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Aug/21"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/01/19/1"
    }
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}


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