CVE-2026-35535
low-risk
Published 2026-04-03
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.
Do I need to act?
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0.01% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
7
CVSS 7.4/10
High
LOCAL
/ HIGH complexity
24
/ 100
low-risk
Severity
19/34 · Moderate
Exploitability
0/34 · Minimal
Exposure
5/34 · Minimal