CVE-2023-7090

8.8 highEPSS 0.7%

High (8.8) in sudo project sudo. EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A flaw was found in sudo in the handling of ipa_hostname, where ipa_hostname from /etc/sssd/sssd.conf was not propagated in sudo. Therefore, it leads to privilege mismanagement vulnerability in applications, where client hosts retain privileges even after retracting them.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

8.8 high

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

EPSS: 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 52% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-269
Published: 2023-12-23
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

sudo_project:sudo

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-7090
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2255723
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/02/msg00002.html
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240208-0001/
https://www.sudo.ws/releases/legacy/#1.8.28

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