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rust-sudo-rs vulnerability

Published Sep 1, 2026 · Updated Sep 1, 2026

Summary

It was discovered that sudo-rs incorrectly handled time-of-check vs time-
of-use conditions in sudoedit. A local attacker with permission to edit
specific files using sudoedit could use this issue to place files in
arbitrary directories, and possibly escalate their privileges. This issue
only affected systems configured to grant fine-grained sudoedit file
editing permissions, which is not the default configuration.

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 26.04 LTS 26.04:LTS rust-sudo-rs 0.2.13-0ubuntu1.2

References

  • report
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2165142