The 12-Year Sudo Bug Still Haunting Linux: What Every Admin Must Know About Recent Privilege Escalation Flaws
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The 12-Year Sudo Bug Still Haunting Linux: What Every Admin Must Know About Recent Privilege Escalation Flaws

ByInnoVirtuoso

Imagine a security bug quietly lurking in your systems for over a decade, just waiting for the right moment to be exploited. Now, picture that bug living inside Sudo—the very tool you trust to control who can wield root access on your most critical Linux servers. Sounds unsettling, right? Yet, that’s exactly what’s happened with…

Two Critical Sudo Vulnerabilities Expose Linux Users to Root Privilege Escalation: What You Need to Know
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Two Critical Sudo Vulnerabilities Expose Linux Users to Root Privilege Escalation: What You Need to Know

ByInnoVirtuoso

If you use Linux—or manage a fleet of Linux machines—you might take comfort in the system’s reputation for rock-solid security. But even the most trusted open-source tools can harbor hidden dangers. This spring, cybersecurity researchers uncovered two newly disclosed vulnerabilities in Sudo, the tool that lets ordinary users run commands as superuser (root). These flaws,…