CVE-2026-82457: su-exec through 0.3 Privilege Escalation via Numeric User ID

Published Aug 29, 2026
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Updated

su-exec through 0.3 fails to validate numeric user and group identifiers parsed with strtol before assigning to uidt and gidt, allowing truncation of out-of-range values to zero. Attackers can supply large numeric identifiers that truncate to root's identifier, causing su-exec to execute target programs with root privileges instead of intended unprivileged accounts.

Affected Software

1 affected component
su-exec<=0.3

Event History

Aug 29, 2026
CVE Published
via MITRE·01:47 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·01:47 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeakness

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