Vulert records 3 vulnerabilities for sudo in Debian: 0 critical, 0 high, 0 medium and 0 low, plus 3 not yet rated. Every one of them has a published fix, so the practical answer is to run a supported release and keep it patched.

How many vulnerabilities does sudo have?

3 vulnerabilities are recorded for sudo in the Debian ecosystem: 0 critical, 0 high, 0 medium and 0 low, plus 3 not yet rated. The ledger on this page lists the same counts next to the date of the most recent disclosure.

How often are new sudo vulnerabilities disclosed?

0 vulnerabilities were recorded for sudo in the last 12 months, and the oldest entry in this database dates to 30 May 2017. Recency matters more than a lifetime total: it shows how actively new issues are being disclosed for the package you are considering.

Which versions of sudo are affected?

Each vulnerability on this page lists the affected version range and the fixed version to move to. Open the vulnerability for the version you actually run — fixes are specific to a release line, not to the package as a whole.

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Vulnerability Database · Debian · Package report

sudo: vulnerability history, versions and safety

sudo is a package in the Debian ecosystem. Vulert records 3 vulnerabilities for it across 5 releases, from May 2017 to Feb 2020. Each vulnerability names the versions it affects, the fixed version to move to, and a workaround where no fix has been published.

3 vulnerabilities recorded U3

0 with no fix published

Every vulnerability has a patched version to move to.

0 in the last 12 months

Nothing new recorded in the last year.

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0 malicious-package vulnerabilities

No published version shipped hostile code.

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Vulert verdict on sudo i

Updated on 23 Oct 2026

Every vulnerability Vulert records for this package has a fix, and the newest was recorded 01 Feb 2020. Apply the fixes listed below and you are clear.

Long-term outlook: usable, with an upgrade 3 vulnerabilities on record across 2 years, none in the last year.

What to do: Move the affected dependencies to the fixed versions listed below, then keep the package monitored so the next vulnerability reaches you. Fix it, then keep watch: Vulert alerts you when a new vulnerability affects the version you run. Monitor it with Vulert →

Vulnerabilities on record 3 over 2 years · 0 in the last year i
Latest disclosure 01 Feb 2020 i
Highest CVSS n/a i
With no published fix 0 i

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01 Versions

Which versions are affected

Every version Vulert holds for sudo, newest first, with the vulnerabilities that name it. A version with a count of zero has no recorded vulnerabilities; open a version to see the vulnerabilities it is exposed to.

Version	Vulert vulnerabilities	Fix published	Details
1.8.10p3-1+deb8u6	U1	Yes	Details →
1.8.10p3-1+deb8u5	U2	Yes	Details →
1.8.10p3-1+deb8u4	U2	Yes	Details →
1.8.10p3-1+deb8u3	U3	Yes	Details →
1.8.10p3-1+deb8u2	U3	Yes	Details →

Newest 5 of 5 versions on record. Severity counts are the vulnerabilities recorded against that exact release.

02 Disclosure history

How often vulnerabilities are recorded

2017 1
2019 1
2020 1

Counted by the year Vulert recorded each vulnerability — the same date the table below shows as disclosed. 0 of the 3 were recorded in the last 12 months.

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03 Vulnerabilities

Recorded vulnerabilities for sudo

Vulnerability	Severity	Fixed version ↓	Disclosed ↓
Vulnerability in sudo - security update	N/A unrated	1.8.10p3-1+deb8u6	17 Oct 2019
Vulnerability in sudo - Stack-based Buffer Overflow	N/A unrated	1.8.10p3-1+deb8u7	01 Feb 2020
Vulnerability in sudo - security update	N/A unrated	1.8.10p3-1+deb8u4	30 May 2017

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Updated: 23/Oct/2026 · Vulnerabilities in our DB: 524315