CVE-2017-1000368
Todd Miller's sudo version 1.8.20p1 and earlier is vulnerable to an input validation (embedded newlines) in the get_process_ttyname() function resulting in information disclosure and command execution.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.57%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Todd Miller's sudo version 1.8.20p1 and earlier is vulnerable to an input validation (embedded newlines) in the get_process_ttyname() function resulting in information disclosure and command execution.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.2 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.57% probability · 47th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- sudo project/sudo
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 0.6% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98838Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1574Third Party Advisory
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10205Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-04Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3968-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3968-2/
- https://www.sudo.ws/alerts/linux_tty.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98838Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1574Third Party Advisory
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10205Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-04Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3968-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3968-2/
- https://www.sudo.ws/alerts/linux_tty.htmlVendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.