CVE•Published 2026-04-03•Modified 2026-09-01•0 articles on news•5 live references•NVD data

CVE-2026-35535Sudo_project · Sudo

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1

7.4

HIGH

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

EPSS percentile

Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 93% of all CVEs

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-271Privilege Dropping / Lowering Errors CWE-272Least Privilege Violation

Description

In Sudo through 1.9.17p2 before 3e474c2, a failure of a setuid, setgid, or setgroups call, during a privilege drop before running the mailer, is not a fatal error and can lead to privilege escalation.

Timeline

Published 2026-04-03

Modified 2026-09-01

External references

NVD MITRE Exploit-DB trickest/cve VulnCheck

Search for exposed instances

Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common). Live host counts are a Premium feature.

Shodan · vuln tag

vuln:CVE-2026-35535

Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.

Shodan · product

product:"Sudo Project Sudo"

All exposed Sudo Project Sudo instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.

Shodan · banner/body mention

http.html:"Sudo"

HTTP body or banner mentions "Sudo" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.

More intel sources (5)

Shodan report

vuln:CVE-2026-35535