CVE-2026-82457
su-exec through 0.3 fails to validate numeric user and group identifiers parsed with strtol before assigning to uid_t and gid_t, 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.
Weakness
su-exec through 0.3 fails to validate numeric user and group identifiers parsed with strtol before assigning to uid_t and gid_t, 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.
References
- https://gist.github.com/thesmartshadow/ed96e2a88643c34a247c9b7cf9e311be
- https://github.com/ncopa/su-exec
- https://github.com/ncopa/su-exec/blob/89c016e6e08749d583efdeda04b9f73e1218e253/su-exec.c
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/su-exec-through-0.3-privilege-escalation-via-numeric-user-id
- https://gist.github.com/thesmartshadow/ed96e2a88643c34a247c9b7cf9e311be
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