High severity · published Dec 23, 2023
CVE-2023-7090
A flaw was found in sudo in the handling of ipa_hostname, where ipa_hostname from /etc/sssd/sssd.conf was not propagated in sudo
8.8
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A flaw was found in sudo in the handling of ipa_hostname, where ipa_hostname from /etc/sssd/sssd.conf was not propagated in sudo. Therefore, it leads to privilege mismanagement vulnerability in applications, where client hosts retain privileges even after retracting them.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 52% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SU
Sudo · Sudo Project
before 1.8.28 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-7090
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-7090
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-7090
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2255723
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/02/msg00002.html
security.netapp.com
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240208-0001/
Release Notes
https://www.sudo.ws/releases/legacy/#1.8.28
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