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ALPINE-CVE-2021-23239
ALPINE-CVE-2021-23239
PUBLISHED
CVSS 2.5 LOW
The sudoedit personality of Sudo before 1.9.5 may allow a local unprivileged user to perform arbitrary directory-existence tests by winning a sudo_edit.c race condition in replacing a user-controlled directory by a symlink to an arbitrary path.
Risk Scores
CVSS v3.1
2.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.11 | sudo | 0, 1.8.9, 1.8.9 |
| Alpine:v3.13 | sudo | 1.8.1, 1.9.4, 1.9.4-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.15 | sudo | 1.9.4p2-r0, 1.8.6_p3-r0, 1.8.6_p4-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.14 | sudo | 0, 1.6.9_p17-r1, 1.7.0-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.10 | sudo | 1.8.9, 1.8.9, 1.8.8-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.12 | sudo | 1.7.2_p7-r0, 1.7.2_p6-r1, 1.7.2_p6-r0 |
Timeline
- Jan 12, 2021 CVE Published
- Nov 19, 2025 CVE Updated
- Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch