Status: UPDATED
| Advisory ID: CVE-2026-35535
Key Details
| CVE | CVE-2026-35535 |
| CVSS Score / Version | 7.4 (High) / CVSS v3.1 |
| Updated | 2026-09-01 |
| CVSS Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| CVSS Prose | attack vector is local; attack complexity is high; privileges required is none; user interaction is none; scope is unchanged; confidentiality impact is high; integrity impact is high; availability impact is high. |
| Affected products | Sudo project sudo, Siemens sinec_os, and Siemens RUGGEDCOM RST2428P |
| Classified as | CWE-271 (Privilege Dropping / Lowering Errors) |
| Exploitation prediction (EPSS) | 0.18% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (7% percentile) -- FIRST.org's EPSS model. |
Affected Products, Subsystems & Sectors
| Subsystems | General OT |
| Sectors | Multiple |
What to Know
In Sudo through 1.9.17p2 before 3e474c2, a failure of a setuid, setgid, or setgroups call, during a privilege drop before running the mailer, is not a fatal error and can lead to privilege escalation.
What to Do
Monitor Sudo project's and Siemens's web pages for any future patch releases.
References