CVE-2021-3156

critical KEV
Published 2022-04-06 · Modified 2022-04-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk
10.0

Description

Sudo contains an off-by-one error that can result in a heap-based buffer overflow, which allows for privilege escalation.

CISA KEV

Vendor
Sudo
Product
Sudo
Due date
2022-04-27

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
99%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cisa-kev — https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3156

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-3156

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3156.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-202101-25

Exploits

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed1.9.5.p2-1
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed1.9.5p1-1.1
debian debianbullseyefixed1.9.5p1-1.1
debian debianforkyfixed1.9.5p1-1.1
debian debiansidfixed1.9.5p1-1.1
debian debiantrixiefixed1.9.5p1-1.1

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.