CVE-2026-35535
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.
- Affected products
- Red Os, Rocky Linux, Sudo
- Sudo Project Sudo
- < 1.9.17
- Fix
- Available
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGH
- EPSS
- 0.2% (7th percentile)
- Weakness
- CWE-272, CWE-271
- NVD status
- Modified
- Published
- 2026-04-03
CVE-2026-35535 at NVD
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