CVE-2025-46717 | sudo-rs Allows Low Privilege Users to Discover the Existence of Files in Inaccessible Folders

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sudo-rs is a memory safe implementation of sudo and su written in Rust. Prior to version 0.2.6, users with no (or very limited) sudo privileges can determine whether files exists in folders that they otherwise cannot access using `sudo --list <pathname>`. Users 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. Version 0.2.6 fixes the vulnerability.

Published: 2025-05-12 Last update: 2025-07-09 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2025-46717 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.07%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2025-46717

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-46717

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 2026-03-08 0.01% 0.07% +0.06%
2 2025-05-13 — 0.01% —

Full EPSS history (2 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-46717

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
3.3 3.1 LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
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:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
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.
 1.8 1.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-46717

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2025-46717

GHSA-98cv-wqjx-wx8f · Severity: low · Ecosystem: rust — sudo-rs Allows Low Privilege Users to Discover the Existence of Files in Inaccessible Folders

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-46717

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2025-46717 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (rust-sudo-rs), 3 status rows across 3 suites (forky, sid, trixie): resolved 3. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-46717
ubuntu medium CVE-2025-46717 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (rust-sudo-rs), 7 status rows across 7 suites (focal, jammy, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, upstream): DNE 2, ignored 2, released 2, needed 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-46717

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-46717

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
trifectatech sudo < 0.2.6 cpe:2.3:a:trifectatech:sudo:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*

References for CVE-2025-46717

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