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GHSA-g292-5fg6-fchh

GHSA-g292-5fg6-fchh PUBLISHED CVSS 7.5 HIGH

Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 24, 2022

In Sudo through 1.8.29, an attacker with access to a Runas ALL sudoer account can impersonate a nonexistent user by invoking sudo with a numeric uid that is not associated with any user.

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Timeline

  • May 24, 2022 CVE Published
  • Apr 30, 2026 Security Advisory

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vulnetix vdb vuln GHSA-g292-5fg6-fchh
vulnetix vdb fixes GHSA-g292-5fg6-fchh

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curl -s -H "Authorization: ApiKey ${VULNETIX_ORG_ID}:${VULNETIX_API_KEY}" \
  "https://api.vdb.vulnetix.com/v2/vuln/GHSA-g292-5fg6-fchh/fixes/registry"

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