VDB
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
Query this with the API
The same record, from the CLI:
vulnetix vdb vuln GHSA-g292-5fg6-fchh
vulnetix vdb fixes GHSA-g292-5fg6-fchh
Or with curl, using the org id and key from your account page:
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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References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-19232 advisory
- https://www.sudo.ws/stable.html url
- https://www.bsi.bund.de/SharedDocs/Warnmeldungen/DE/CB/2019/12/warnmeldung_cb-k20-0001.html url
- https://support2.windriver.com/index.php?page=defects&on=view&id=LIN1018-5506 url
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IY6DZ7WMDKU4ZDML6MJLDAPG42B5WVUC url
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/bulletinapr2020.html url
- https://support2.windriver.com/index.php?page=cve&on=view&id=CVE-2019-19232 url
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211100 url
- https://quickview.cloudapps.cisco.com/quickview/bug/CSCvs58979 url
- https://quickview.cloudapps.cisco.com/quickview/bug/CSCvs58812 url
- https://quickview.cloudapps.cisco.com/quickview/bug/CSCvs58103 url
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2019-19232 url
- https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/133936 url
- https://www.sudo.ws/devel.html#1.8.30b2 url
- https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT211100 url
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200103-0004 url
- https://quickview.cloudapps.cisco.com/quickview/bug/CSCvs76870 url
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/I6TKF36KOQUVJNBHSVJFA7BU3CCEYD2F url
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Mar/31 url