ALPINE-CVE-2023-22809
- Source
- https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2023-22809
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2023-22809.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/ALPINE-CVE-2023-22809
- Upstream
- Published
- 2023-01-18T17:15:10Z
- Modified
- 2026-08-27T22:18:02Z
- Severity
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- 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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In Sudo before 1.9.12p2, the sudoedit (aka -e) feature mishandles extra arguments passed in the user-provided environment variables (SUDO_EDITOR, VISUAL, and EDITOR), allowing a local attacker to append arbitrary entries to the list of files to process. This can lead to privilege escalation. Affected versions are 1.8.0 through 1.9.12.p1. The problem exists because a user-specified editor may contain a "--" argument that defeats a protection mechanism, e.g., an EDITOR='vim -- /path/to/extra/file' value.
- References
Affected packages
Alpine:v3.14 / sudo
Package
- Name
- sudo
- Purl
- pkg:apk/alpine/sudo?arch=source