CVE-2023-28486 (GCVE-0-2023-28486)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-03-16 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-02 12:38
VLAI
Summary
Sudo before 1.9.13 does not escape control characters in log messages.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
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