CVE-2023-22809

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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."}], "lastModified": "2023-11-17T19:32:56.817", "configurations": [{"nodes": [{"negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:sudo_project:sudo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "E76D2160-BE9D-4C9E-B2AB-B52B3C84DAD7", "versionEndExcluding": "1.9.12", "versionStartIncluding": "1.8.0"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:sudo_project:sudo:1.9.12:-:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "30B5DA3F-091D-4627-A5C0-2D1487A378B0"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:sudo_project:sudo:1.9.12:p1:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "F30DC131-EACB-47C6-B6B7-FCB78DDBD059"}], "operator": "OR"}]}, {"nodes": [{"negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "07B237A9-69A3-4A9C-9DA0-4E06BD37AE73"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "FA6FEEC2-9F11-4643-8827-749718254FED"}], "operator": "OR"}]}, {"nodes": [{"negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "5C675112-476C-4D7C-BCB9-A2FB2D0BC9FD"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "E30D0E6F-4AE8-4284-8716-991DFA48CC5D"}], "operator": "OR"}]}, {"nodes": [{"negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "ADD1755A-5CD2-4EED-8C6C-4729FADFA3F5", "versionEndExcluding": "13.4"}], "operator": "OR"}]}], "sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org"}