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sudo

Health

Risk
risk 1 low
  • +1 no versionCheckHook
Version
1.9.17p2 no newer release known to repology
Channels
master 1.9.17p2 · nixos-unstable 1.9.17p2 · nixos-26.05 1.9.17p2 no channel is behind master
Hydra
succeeded 2w ago
Advisories
none open
Packaging
no versionCheckHook
Description
Command to run commands as root
Long description
Sudo (su "do") allows a system administrator to delegate authority to give certain users (or groups of users) the ability to run some (or all) commands as root or another user while providing an audit trail of the commands and their arguments.
License
unnamed
Platforms
29 platforms: Linux
Main program
sudo
Source provenance
not set: built from source
Outputs
out man doc dev
Status
not broken, not insecure, free
Maintainers

Version bumps 0

all open bumps
None open.

Pull requests 0

None open.
Closed or merged in the last 60 days 5
CVE 2026 35535 patch
#569119 by ViktorWalter · closed 2w ago
sudo: fix CVE-2026-96512
#566451 by rhendric · merged 3w ago
sudo: update license
#555029 by jopejoe1 · merged 7w ago

Issues 0

None open.
Closed or merged in the last 60 days 1