CVE-2023-28487
Sudo before 1.9.13 does not escape control characters in sudoreplay output.
02 Description
Sudo before 1.9.13 does not escape control characters in sudoreplay output.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.95% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 61.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.3 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2023-03-16 00:00Z3 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-02 12:38Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2023-03-16
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- d5686f9fe06ba8ff711f9d9a8ef876c24510c5244afeec9eb273bb2fc52d2776
05 Affected products
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/sudo-project/sudo/commit/334daf92b31b79ce68ed75e2ee14fca265f029ca
- github.comhttps://github.com/sudo-project/sudo/releases/tag/SUDO_1_9_13
- security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230420-0002/
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202309-12https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-12
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20240203 [SECURITY] [DLA 3732-1] sudo security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/02/msg00002.html
07 Fixed in
AlmaLinux 9
- sudo Fixed in 1.9.5p2-10.el9_3
- sudo-python-plugin Fixed in 1.9.5p2-10.el9_3
Source: AlmaLinux, AlmaLinux OS. Copyright (c) 2023 AlmaLinux OS. Licensed under MIT License. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
CloudLinux 9
- sudo Fixed in 1.9.5p2-10.el9_3
- sudo-python-plugin Fixed in 1.9.5p2-10.el9_3
Derived from AlmaLinux 9. Partial coverage: only packages taken from AlmaLinux 9 are listed.
Source: CloudLinux errata, CloudLinux Inc. Derived from: AlmaLinux, AlmaLinux OS. Copyright (c) 2023 AlmaLinux OS. Licensed under MIT License. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- sudo Fixed in 1.9.13p1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- sudo Fixed in 1.9.13p1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- sudo Fixed in 1.9.13p1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- sudo Fixed in 1.8.21p2-3ubuntu1.6
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- sudo Fixed in 1.8.31-1ubuntu1.5
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- sudo Fixed in 1.9.9-1ubuntu2.4
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS
- sudo No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS
- sudo Fixed in 1.8.16-0ubuntu1.10+esm2Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.