CVE-2026-82457 HIGH

CVE-2026-82457: su-exec through 0.3 Privilege Escalation via Numeric User ID

Vendor Ncopa
Product su-exec
Weakness CWE-681
Published August 29, 2026
Last update August 29, 2026

CVSS base score

8.5/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality
Integrity

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

su-exec through 0.3 fails to validate numeric user and group identifiers parsed with strtol before assigning to uid_t and gid_t, allowing truncation of out-of-range values to zero. Attackers can supply large numeric identifiers that truncate to root's identifier, causing su-exec to execute target programs with root privileges instead of intended unprivileged accounts.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

August 29, 2026 CVE published