{ "document": { "aggregate_severity": { "text": "High" }, "category": "csaf_vex", "csaf_version": "2.0", "distribution": { "text": "TuxCare License Agreement", "tlp": { "label": "WHITE", "url": "https://www.first.org/tlp/" } }, "lang": "en", "notes": [ { "category": "legal_disclaimer", "text": "This content is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). If you distribute this content, or a modified version of it, you must provide attribution to Cloud Linux Inc. and provide a link to the original.", "title": "Terms of Use" } ], "publisher": { "category": "vendor", "contact_details": "https://tuxcare.com/contact/", "name": "TuxCare", "namespace": "https://tuxcare.com/" }, "references": [ { "category": "self", "summary": "Canonical URL", "url": "https://security.tuxcare.com/csaf/v2/els_os/centos-stream8els/vex/2023/cve-2023-22809-els_os-centos-stream8els.json" } ], "tracking": { "current_release_date": "2026-04-17T17:31:51Z", "generator": { "date": "2026-04-17T17:31:51Z", "engine": { "name": "pyCSAF" } }, "id": "CVE-2023-22809-ELS_OS-CENTOS-STREAM8ELS", "initial_release_date": "2023-01-18T17:15:00Z", "revision_history": [ { "date": "2023-01-18T17:15:00Z", "number": "1", "summary": "Initial version" }, { "date": "2026-04-17T17:31:51Z", "number": "2", "summary": "Official Publication" } ], "status": "final", "version": "2" }, "title": "Security update on CVE-2023-22809" }, "product_tree": { "branches": [ { "branches": [ { "branches": [ { "category": "product_name", "name": "Community Enterprise Operating System 8", "product": { "name": "Community Enterprise Operating System 8", "product_id": "CentOS-Stream-8", "product_identification_helper": { "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:centos:centos:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*" } } } ], "category": "product_family", "name": "Community Enterprise Operating System" } ], "category": "vendor", "name": "Red Hat, Inc." }, { "branches": [ { "branches": [ { "category": "product_version", "name": "sudo-devel-0:1.9.5p2-1.el8.tuxcare.els1.x86_64", "product": { "name": "sudo-devel-0:1.9.5p2-1.el8.tuxcare.els1.x86_64", "product_id": "sudo-devel-0:1.9.5p2-1.el8.tuxcare.els1.x86_64", "product_identification_helper": { "purl": "pkg:rpm/tuxcare/sudo-devel@1.9.5p2-1.el8.tuxcare.els1?arch=x86_64" } } }, { "category": "product_version", "name": "sudo-0:1.9.5p2-1.el8.tuxcare.els1.x86_64", "product": { "name": "sudo-0:1.9.5p2-1.el8.tuxcare.els1.x86_64", "product_id": "sudo-0:1.9.5p2-1.el8.tuxcare.els1.x86_64", "product_identification_helper": { "purl": "pkg:rpm/tuxcare/sudo@1.9.5p2-1.el8.tuxcare.els1?arch=x86_64" } } } ], "category": "architecture", "name": "x86_64" } ], "category": "vendor", "name": "TuxCare" } ], "relationships": [ { "category": "default_component_of", "full_product_name": { "name": "sudo-devel-0:1.9.5p2-1.el8.tuxcare.els1.x86_64 as a component of Community Enterprise Operating System 8", "product_id": "CentOS-Stream-8:sudo-devel-0:1.9.5p2-1.el8.tuxcare.els1.x86_64" }, "product_reference": "sudo-devel-0:1.9.5p2-1.el8.tuxcare.els1.x86_64", "relates_to_product_reference": "CentOS-Stream-8" }, { "category": "default_component_of", "full_product_name": { "name": "sudo-0:1.9.5p2-1.el8.tuxcare.els1.x86_64 as a component of Community Enterprise Operating System 8", "product_id": "CentOS-Stream-8:sudo-0:1.9.5p2-1.el8.tuxcare.els1.x86_64" }, "product_reference": "sudo-0:1.9.5p2-1.el8.tuxcare.els1.x86_64", "relates_to_product_reference": "CentOS-Stream-8" } ] }, "vulnerabilities": [ { "cve": "CVE-2023-22809", "cwe": { "id": "CWE-269", "name": "Improper Privilege Management" }, "notes": [ { "category": "description", "text": "In Sudo before 1.9.12p2, the sudoedit (aka -e) feature mishandles extra arguments passed in the user-provided environment variables (SUDO_EDITOR, VISUAL, and EDITOR), allowing a local attacker to append arbitrary entries to the list of files to process. This can lead to privilege escalation. Affected versions are 1.8.0 through 1.9.12.p1. The problem exists because a user-specified editor may contain a \"--\" argument that defeats a protection mechanism, e.g., an EDITOR='vim -- /path/to/extra/file' value.", "title": "Vulnerability description" }, { "category": "general", "text": "The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.", "title": "CVSS score applicability" } ], "product_status": { "under_investigation": [ "CentOS-Stream-8:sudo-0:1.9.5p2-1.el8.tuxcare.els1.x86_64", "CentOS-Stream-8:sudo-devel-0:1.9.5p2-1.el8.tuxcare.els1.x86_64" ] }, "references": [ { "category": "self", "summary": "Canonical URL", "url": "https://cve.tuxcare.com/els/cve/CVE-2023-22809" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171644/sudo-1.9.12p1-Privilege-Escalation.html", "url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171644/sudo-1.9.12p1-Privilege-Escalation.html" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172509/Sudoedit-Extra-Arguments-Privilege-Escalation.html", "url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172509/Sudoedit-Extra-Arguments-Privilege-Escalation.html" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174234/Cisco-ThousandEyes-Enterprise-Agent-Virtual-Appliance-Arbitrary-File-Modification.html", "url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174234/Cisco-ThousandEyes-Enterprise-Agent-Virtual-Appliance-Arbitrary-File-Modification.html" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Aug/21", "url": "http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Aug/21" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/01/19/1", "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/01/19/1" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00012.html", "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00012.html" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2QDGFCGAV5QRJCE6IXRXIS4XJHS57DDH/", "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2QDGFCGAV5QRJCE6IXRXIS4XJHS57DDH/" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/G4YNBTTKTRT2ME3NTSXAPTOKYUE47XHZ/", "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/G4YNBTTKTRT2ME3NTSXAPTOKYUE47XHZ/" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-12", "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-12" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230127-0015/", "url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230127-0015/" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213758", "url": "https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213758" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5321", "url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5321" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://www.sudo.ws/security/advisories/sudoedit_any/", "url": "https://www.sudo.ws/security/advisories/sudoedit_any/" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://www.synacktiv.com/sites/default/files/2023-01/sudo-CVE-2023-22809.pdf", "url": "https://www.synacktiv.com/sites/default/files/2023-01/sudo-CVE-2023-22809.pdf" } ], "release_date": "2023-01-18T17:15:00Z", "remediations": [ { "category": "none_available", "details": "Affected", "product_ids": [ "CentOS-Stream-8:sudo-0:1.9.5p2-1.el8.tuxcare.els1.x86_64", "CentOS-Stream-8:sudo-devel-0:1.9.5p2-1.el8.tuxcare.els1.x86_64" ] } ], "scores": [ { "cvss_v3": { "attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "LOCAL", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "baseScore": 7.8, "baseSeverity": "HIGH", "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH", "integrityImpact": "HIGH", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "NONE", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "version": "3.1" }, "products": [ "CentOS-Stream-8:sudo-0:1.9.5p2-1.el8.tuxcare.els1.x86_64", "CentOS-Stream-8:sudo-devel-0:1.9.5p2-1.el8.tuxcare.els1.x86_64" ] } ], "threats": [ { "category": "impact", "details": "Important" } ] } ] }