CVE catalog
CVE-2019-19232
sudo: CVE-2019-19232
- Severity
- High · CVSS 7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 3.29% · Oct 27, 2026
In Sudo through 1.8.29, an attacker with access to a Runas ALL sudoer account can impersonate a nonexistent user by invoking sudo with a numeric uid that is not associated with any user. NOTE: The software maintainer believes that this is not a vulnerability because running a command via sudo as a user not present in the local password database is an intentional feature. Because this behavior surprised some users, sudo 1.8.30 introduced an option to enable/disable this behavior with the default being disabled. However, this does not change the fact that sudo was behaving as intended, and as documented, in earlier versions
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | sudo | sid | 1.9.17p2-9 | fixed |
| Debian | sudo | forky | 1.9.17p2-9 | fixed |
| Debian | sudo | trixie | 1.9.16p2-3+deb13u2 | fixed |
| Debian | sudo | bookworm | 1.9.13p3-1+deb12u4 | fixed |
| Debian | sudo | bookworm-security | 1.9.13p3-1+deb12u2 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | sudo | 20.04 | 1.8.27-1ubuntu4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | sudo | 20.04 | 1.8.29-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | sudo | 20.04 | 1.8.31-1ubuntu1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | sudo | source | sid | 1.8.31-1 | unimportant | Not reported | [947225] |
| Debian | sudo | source | forky | 1.8.31-1 | unimportant | Not reported | [947225] |
| Debian | sudo | source | trixie | 1.8.31-1 | unimportant | Not reported | [947225] |
| Debian | sudo | source | bookworm | 1.8.31-1 | unimportant | Not reported | [947225] |
| Ubuntu | sudo | deb | 20.04 | 1.8.31-1ubuntu1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2019-19232 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [libnss-sudo]Fixed
Source package: [sudo]
Details (4)
1.9.13p3-1+deb12u4· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.8.31-1dsa · sudo · debian · bookworm; dsa · sudo · debian · 12
1.9.13p3-1+deb12u4· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.8.31-1dsa · sudo · debian · bookworm; dsa · sudo · debian · 12
1.9.13p3-1+deb12u2· all · bookworm-securityFixed · Fixed:
1.8.31-1dsa · sudo · debian · bookworm; dsa · sudo · debian · 12
1.9.13p3-1+deb12u2· all · bookworm-securityFixed · Fixed:
1.8.31-1dsa · sudo · debian · bookworm; dsa · sudo · debian · 12
- [sudo]Fixed
Details (4)
1.9.13p3-1+deb12u4· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.8.31-1dsa · sudo · debian · bookworm; dsa · sudo · debian · 12
1.9.13p3-1+deb12u4· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.8.31-1dsa · sudo · debian · bookworm; dsa · sudo · debian · 12
1.9.13p3-1+deb12u2· amd64 · bookworm-securityFixed · Fixed:
1.8.31-1dsa · sudo · debian · bookworm; dsa · sudo · debian · 12
1.9.13p3-1+deb12u2· arm64 · bookworm-securityFixed · Fixed:
1.8.31-1dsa · sudo · debian · bookworm; dsa · sudo · debian · 12
- [sudo-ldap]Fixed
Source package: [sudo]
Details (4)
1.9.13p3-1+deb12u4· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.8.31-1dsa · sudo · debian · bookworm; dsa · sudo · debian · 12
1.9.13p3-1+deb12u4· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.8.31-1dsa · sudo · debian · bookworm; dsa · sudo · debian · 12
1.9.13p3-1+deb12u2· amd64 · bookworm-securityFixed · Fixed:
1.8.31-1dsa · sudo · debian · bookworm; dsa · sudo · debian · 12
1.9.13p3-1+deb12u2· arm64 · bookworm-securityFixed · Fixed:
1.8.31-1dsa · sudo · debian · bookworm; dsa · sudo · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [libnss-sudo]Fixed
Source package: [sudo]
Details (2)
1.9.16p2-3+deb13u2· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.8.31-1dsa · sudo · debian · 13
1.9.16p2-3+deb13u2· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.8.31-1dsa · sudo · debian · 13
- [sudo]Fixed
Details (2)
1.9.16p2-3+deb13u2· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.8.31-1dsa · sudo · debian · 13
1.9.16p2-3+deb13u2· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.8.31-1dsa · sudo · debian · 13
- [sudo-ldap]Fixed
Source package: [sudo]
Details (2)
1.9.16p2-3+deb13u2· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.8.31-1dsa · sudo · debian · 13
1.9.16p2-3+deb13u2· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.8.31-1dsa · sudo · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/rhsa-2020_1804.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-19232]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-19232]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-19232]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2019/cve-2019-19232.json]
- [https://wid.cert-bund.de/.well-known/csaf/white/2019/wid-sec-w-2023-1600.json]
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