CVE-2023-7090
Sudo: improper handling of ipa_hostname leads to privilege mismanagement
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
Published
- 7 months later
· 7 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhatCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium6.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.69% · top 47% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.6.
Weakness
Affected products
sudo
- unaffected 1.8.28
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
All versions: unaffected
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
All versions: unaffected
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
All versions: unaffected
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
All versions: unaffected
All versions: unaffected
All versions: unaffected
References (5)
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-7090 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHBZ#2255723 (opens in a new tab)issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/02/msg00002.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240208-0001/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://www.sudo.ws/releases/legacy/#1.8.28 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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