High
Security advisory
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.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2016-7076
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 04:16 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:CVE-2016-7076
Complete source record
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"modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:16.280033464Z",
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"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3968-1/",
"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3968-3/",
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