CVE-2023-42465 Affecting sudo package, versions <1.9.15


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.54% (41st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-SUDO-19432122
  • published30 Aug 2026
  • disclosed22 Dec 2023

Introduced: 22 Dec 2023

CVE-2023-42465  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest sudo to version 1.9.15 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream sudo package and not the sudo package as distributed by Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

Sudo before 1.9.15 might allow row hammer attacks (for authentication bypass or privilege escalation) because application logic sometimes is based on not equaling an error value (instead of equaling a success value), and because the values do not resist flips of a single bit.

CVSS Base Scores

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