[UPDATE] [medium] sudo: Vulnerability allows privilege escalation

mediumCVE-2026-35535

A local attacker can exploit a vulnerability in sudo to elevate their privileges.

CSIRTS triage

vendor: sudo product: sudo Privilege escalation

What: A vulnerability allows privilege escalation.
Who is affected: Local attackers exploiting vulnerabilities in sudo.
Urgency: Remediation is medium urgency due to the potential for unauthorized privilege elevation.
Action: Update sudo to the latest version.

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Details

Source: CERT-Bund (BSI) Security Advisories (DE · national-cert · site)
Severity: medium
Published: 2026-07-09
Exploitation: Not in CISA KEV at last sync
Language: Machine-translated to English — verify against the original

Original advisory: https://wid.cert-bund.de/portal/wid/securityadvisory?name=WID-SEC-2026-0971

Exploitation outlook

EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.

Low exploitation riskCVE-2026-355350.17% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 7% of all scored CVEs.

Referenced CVEs

CVE	CSIRTS overview	External
CVE-2026-35535	coverage & exploitation status	NVD · CVE.org

Same CVEs, other sources

How other CERTs, PSIRTs and databases cover the vulnerabilities in this advisory.

unknownMultiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat Linux kernel (July 10, 2026)cert-fr-avis
criticalSiemens SINEC OScisa
unknownMultiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat Linux kernel (July 3, 2026)cert-fr-avis
unknownRedHat Linux Kernel Multiple Vulnerabilitieshkcert

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