CVE-2016-7076: Sudo Project Sudo

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

sudo before version 1.8.18p1 is vulnerable to a bypass in the sudo noexec restriction if application run via sudo executed wordexp() C library function with a user supplied argument. A local user permitted to run such application via sudo with noexec restriction could possibly use this flaw to execute arbitrary commands with elevated privileges.

Affected products

• Sudo Project Sudo: from 1.6.8, up to and including 1.8.18

Published 2018-05-29. Last modified 2026-06-17.