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CVE-2023-42465: sudo_project sudo

CVSS: 7.0v3.1HighModified
AliasesSUSE-SU-2024:0834-1SUSE-SU-2024:0876-1SUSE-SU-2024:0876-2
Published 22-12-2023Last modified 04-11-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-42465 is a high (CVSS 7.0) vulnerability in sudo_project sudo. EPSS estimates a 0.54% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 44.2% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
38/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.0/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.54%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:13490-1RHSA-2024:0811

Timeline

  1. 22-12-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-11-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Sudo before 1.9.15 might allow row hammer attacks (for authentication bypass or privilege escalation) because application logic sometimes is based on not equaling an error value (instead of equaling a success value), and because the values do not resist flips of a single bit.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.54%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

44%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.54% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.54%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (openwall.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Suse22 products
  • sudo&distro=SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1< 1.9.5p2-150300.3.33.1
  • sudo&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS< 1.8.27-150000.4.53.1
  • sudo&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS< 1.9.5p2-150300.3.33.1
  • sudo&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS< 1.9.9-150400.4.36.1
  • sudo&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS< 1.9.9-150400.4.36.1
Opensuse3 products
  • sudo&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.5< 1.9.12p1-150500.7.10.1
  • sudo&distro=openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3< 1.9.9-150400.4.36.1
  • sudo&distro=openSUSE Leap Micro 5.4< 1.9.9-150400.4.36.1
Debian1 product
  • sudoAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 1.9.15p2-2
Sudo_project1 product

4 vendors · 27 products

References

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