8.8

CVE-2023-7090: sudo_project sudo Improper Privilege Management

CVSS: 8.8v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2023-7090DEBIAN-CVE-2023-7090
Published 23-12-2023Last modified 02-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-7090 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in sudo_project sudo. EPSS estimates a 0.69% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 51.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
35/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.69%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
DLA-3732-1

Timeline

  1. 23-12-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 02-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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 metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.69%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

52%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.69% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.69%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • sudo< 1.8.28p1-1
Sudo_project1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • sudo< 1.8.31-1ubuntu1.5 | < 1.9.9-1ubuntu2.4

3 vendors · 3 products

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