CVE-2023-28487

Sudo before 1.9.13 does not escape control characters in sudoreplay output.

Published: 2023-03-16 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2023-28487 is rated Low Risk (30.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.10%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-28487

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-11-21 0.32% 0.10% -0.22%
2 2025-11-18 0.09% 0.32% +0.23%
3 2025-04-15 — 0.09% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2023-28487

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.3 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 3.9 1.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2023-28487

OS Trackers for CVE-2023-28487

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2023-28487: 1 source package rows (sudo); 19 state rows across 4 repos (3.17-community, 3.22-community, edge-community, edge-main); fixed 0, open 19. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2023-28487
debian not yet assigned CVE-2023-28487 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (sudo), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-28487
gentoo high CVE-2023-28487: 1 GLSA(s) (202309-12), 1 atom(s) (app-admin/sudo); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2023-28487
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-28487
suse medium CVE-2023-28487 severity moderate: SUSE including 272 source package names (1.10.1.16.4.5.392:sudo-1.9.5p2-150300.3.24.1, 11.1-2.2.365:sudo-1.9.5p2-150300.3.24.1, …), 465 product×package rows across 186 product lines (Container ses/7.1/cephcsi/cephcsi, Container ses/7.1/rook/ceph, … (186 product lines)): Fixed 318, Known Affected 142, Known Not Affected 3, Will Not Fix 2. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-28487/
ubuntu medium CVE-2023-28487 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (sudo), 13 status rows across 13 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): released 11, needed 1, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-28487

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-28487

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sudo_project sudo < 1.9.13 cpe:2.3:a:sudo_project:sudo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp active_iq_unified_manager — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:vmware_vsphere:*:*

References for CVE-2023-28487

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