CVE-2011-0010: Todd Miller Sudo

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

check.c in sudo 1.7.x before 1.7.4p5, when a Runas group is configured, does not require a password for command execution that involves a gid change but no uid change, which allows local users to bypass an intended authentication requirement via the -g option to a sudo command.

Affected products

• Todd Miller Sudo: version 1.7.0 only; version 1.7.1 only; version 1.7.2 only; version 1.7.2p1 only; version 1.7.2p2 only; version 1.7.2p3 only; …

Published 2011-01-18. Last modified 2026-06-16.