Security context

What an agent needs to avoid regressing past fixes and find the next vuln in this repo.

sudo-project/sudo

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447

Fixes

CVEs

CRITICAL

Peak severity

74.1%

Coverage

Highlights

Auth Bypass: 174 prior fixes. Scrutinize any change in this area.

src/exec_ptrace.c: most-fixed (28 issues). Treat as high-risk during review.

272 high-severity fixes in this history; regressions here are high-impact.

Recurring patterns

The bug types that recur here, drawn from past fixes, not open vulnerabilities.

Heap Buffer Overflow: Improper buffer handling and unescaping of command-line arguments in heap memory allowed local attackers to escalate privileges to root, a critical vulnerability known as Baron Samedit.

Auth Bypass: A major logical flaw where converting user IDs like -1 or 4294967295 incorrectly resolved to root, allowing complete policy blacklist bypasses.

Privilege Escalation: Mishandling of user-supplied environment variables (SUDO_EDITOR, VISUAL, EDITOR) in sudoedit allowed local users to write to arbitrary files and escalate privileges.