CVE-2010-0427: Todd Miller Sudo

Medium severity, CVSS 4.4. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

sudo 1.6.x before 1.6.9p21, when the runas_default option is used, does not properly set group memberships, which allows local users to gain privileges via a sudo command.

Affected products

• Todd Miller Sudo: version 1.6 only; version 1.6.1 only; version 1.6.2 only; version 1.6.3 only; version 1.6.3_p1 only; version 1.6.3_p2 only; …

Published 2010-02-25. Last modified 2026-06-16.