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TI-2025-39907 Aliases CVE-2025-64517GHSA-q428-6v73-fc4q

sudo-rs doesn't record authenticating user properly in timestamp

Priority LOW 20CWE-287Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · High · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-287.

Summary

sudo-rs is a memory safe implementation of sudo and su written in Rust. With `Defaults targetpw` (or `Defaults rootpw`) enabled, the password of the target account (or root account) instead of the invoking user is used for authentication. sudo-rs starting in version 0.2.5 and prior to version 0.2.10 incorrectly recorded the invoking user’s UID instead of the authenticated-as user's UID in the authentication timestamp. Any later `sudo` invocation on the same terminal while the timestamp was still valid would use that timestamp, potentially bypassing new authentication even if the policy would have required it. A highly-privileged user (able to run commands as other users, or as root, through sudo) who knows one password of an account they are allowed to run commands as, would be able to run commands as any other account the policy permits them to run commands for, even if they don't know the password for those accounts. A common instance of this would be that a user can still use their own password to run commands as root (the default behaviour of `sudo`), effectively negating the intended behaviour of the `targetpw` or `rootpw` options. Version 0.2.10 contains a patch for the issue. Versions prior to 0.2.5 are not affected, since they do not offer `Defaults targetpw` or `Defaults rootpw`.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00177 7th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed sudo-rs (trifectatechfoundation): 0.2.10sudo-rs (crates.io): 0.2.10

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
trifectatechfoundationsudo-rs0.2.5 to before 0.2.100.2.10Patch availableCNA
—sudo-rs (crates.io)0.2.5 to before 0.2.100.2.10Patch availableGHSA-q428-6v73-fc4q
  • sudo-rs Vendortrifectatechfoundation Affected 0.2.5 to before 0.2.10 Fixed in 0.2.10 Patch available CNA
  • sudo-rs (crates.io) Vendor— Affected 0.2.5 to before 0.2.10 Fixed in 0.2.10 Patch available GHSA-q428-6v73-fc4q

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA sudo-rs (trifectatechfoundation) Fixed in 0.2.10
  • Fix · GHSA-q428-6v73-fc4q sudo-rs (crates.io) Fixed in 0.2.10 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-64517
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q428-6v73-fc4q

References

  • TI-2025-39614 sudo-rs: Partial password reveal is possible after timeout CVSS 3.1LOW 3.8

Sources