CVE-2026-22536 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The absence of permissions control for the user XXX allows the current configuration in the sudoers file to escalate privileges without any restrictions

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High

Vulnerable System Availability Impact High

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00014.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Sudo	Sudo

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Vendors	Products
Sudo	Sudo

References

Link	Providers
https://cds.thalesgroup.com/en

History

Thu, 08 Jan 2026 10:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Sudo Sudo sudo
Vendors & Products		Sudo Sudo sudo

Wed, 07 Jan 2026 18:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Wed, 07 Jan 2026 17:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		The absence of permissions control for the user XXX allows the current configuration in the sudoers file to escalate privileges without any restrictions
Title		PRIVILEGE ESCALATION VIA SUDO COMMAND
Weaknesses		CWE-269
References		https://cds.thalesgroup.com/en
Metrics		cvssV4_0 `{'score': 8.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: S21sec

Published: 2026-01-07T16:47:13.940Z

Updated: 2026-01-07T17:19:18.449Z

Reserved: 2026-01-07T14:01:04.828Z

Link: CVE-2026-22536

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-01-07T17:19:13.534Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-01-07T17:16:03.777

Modified: 2026-01-08T18:08:54.147

Link: CVE-2026-22536

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-01-08T09:47:53Z

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