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What is Sudo?

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. For more information, see the introduction to Sudo. Sudo is free software, distributed under an ISC-style license.

 

Releases

The current stable release is sudo 1.9.8p2, released on September 21, 2021.
The current legacy release is sudo 1.8.32, released on February 9, 2021.

See the download page for a list of binary packages.

 

News

[2021-09-21] Sudo version 1.9.8p2 released. Major changes in sudo 1.9.8p2.

[2021-09-16] Sudo version 1.9.8p1 released. Major changes in sudo 1.9.8p1.

[2021-09-13] Sudo version 1.9.8 released. Major changes in sudo 1.9.8.

[2021-07-27] Sudo version 1.9.7p2 released. Major changes in sudo 1.9.7p2.

[2021-06-11] Sudo version 1.9.7p1 released. Major changes in sudo 1.9.7p1.

[2021-05-12] Sudo version 1.9.7 released. Major changes in sudo 1.9.7.

[2021-03-15] Sudo version 1.9.6p1 released. Major changes in sudo 1.9.6p1.

[2021-03-13] Sudo version 1.9.6 released. Major changes in sudo 1.9.6.

[2021-02-09] Sudo version 1.8.32 released. Major changes in sudo 1.8.32. This version fixes CVE-2021-3156 (also known as Baron Samedit) which could allow an attacker to obtain root privileges even if they are not listed in the sudoers file.

[2021-01-26] Sudo version 1.9.5p2 released. Major changes in sudo 1.9.5p2. This version fixes CVE-2021-3156 (also known as Baron Samedit) which could allow an attacker to obtain root privileges even if they are not listed in the sudoers file.

[2021-01-11] Sudo version 1.9.5p1 released. Major changes in sudo 1.9.5p1.

[2021-01-11] Sudo version 1.9.5 released. Major changes in sudo 1.9.5. This version fixes a potential security issue in sudoedit when sudo is built with SELinux support such that a user may be able to set the owner of an arbitrary file to that of the target user (e.g. root).

[2020-12-20] Sudo version 1.9.4p2 released. Major changes in sudo 1.9.4p2.

[2020-12-17] Sudo version 1.9.4p1 released. Major changes in sudo 1.9.4p1.

[2020-11-30] Sudo version 1.9.4 released. Major changes in sudo 1.9.4.

[2020-10-28] 5 new sudo features you need to know in 2020, an article by Peter Czanik at opensource.com, highlights the new features in sudo 1.9.

[2020-09-23] Sudo version 1.9.3p1 released. Major changes in sudo 1.9.3p1.

[2020-09-21] Sudo version 1.9.3 released. Major changes in sudo 1.9.3.

[2020-07-22] Sudo version 1.9.2 released. Major changes in sudo 1.9.2.

[2020-06-19] Sudo version 1.9.1 released. Major changes in sudo 1.9.1.

[2020-06-19] Sudo version 1.8.31p2 released. Major changes in sudo 1.8.31p2.

[2020-05-12] Sudo version 1.9.0 released. Major changes in sudo 1.9.0.

[2020-03-14] Sudo version 1.8.31p1 released. Major changes in sudo 1.8.31p1.

[2020-03-07] Sudo 1.9 presentation at SCaLE 18x. The slides and video from the presentation are available.

[2020-01-30] Sudo version 1.8.31 released. Major changes in sudo 1.8.31. This version fixes a potential security issue that can lead to a buffer overflow if the pwfeedback option is enabled in sudoers.

[2019-12-31] Sudo version 1.8.30 released. Major changes in sudo 1.8.30.

[2019-10-28] Sudo version 1.8.29 released. Major changes in sudo 1.8.29.

[2019-10-16] Sudo version 1.8.28p1 released. Major changes in sudo 1.8.28p1.

[2019-10-14] Sudo version 1.8.28 released. Major changes in sudo 1.8.28. This version fixes a potential security issue where a sudo user may be able to run a command as root when the Runas specification explicitly disallows root access.

[2019-09-12] There is a new Sudo Blog. You can expects articles about some of sudo's new and less well-known features, upcoming sudo talks and more.

[2019-09-03] The second edition of Sudo Mastery by Michael W. Lucas is now available.

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