CVE-2016-7076

7.8 highEPSS 0.5%

High (7.8) in sudo project sudo. EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

sudo before version 1.8.18p1 is vulnerable to a bypass in the sudo noexec restriction if application run via sudo executed wordexp() C library function with a user supplied argument. A local user permitted to run such application via sudo with noexec restriction could possibly use this flaw to execute arbitrary commands with elevated privileges.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

7.8 high

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 41% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWEs: CWE-77, CWE-184
Published: 2018-05-29
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

sudo_project:sudo

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2872.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95778
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-7076
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20181127-0002/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3968-1/

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