GitHub Advisoryadvisory · crates.io

GHSA-c978-wq47-pvvw sudo-rs: Partial password reveal is possible after timeout

LOW Published 2025-11-12 Modified 2025-11-15 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2025-64170
Ecosystem
crates.io
Packages
sudo-rs
Severity
Low
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-549
Reviewed
2025-11-12

Affected packages

• crates.io sudo-rs: >= 0.2.7, < 0.2.10 → fixed in 0.2.10

Description

Summary If a user begins entering a password but does not press return for an extended period, a password timeout may occur. When this happens, the keystrokes that were entered are echoed back to the console. Example Using sudo-rs: ``` geiger@cerberus:~$ sudo -s [sudo: authenticate] Password: sudo-rs: timed out geiger@cerberus:~$ testtesttest ``` "testtesttest" was entered at the password prompt but not confirmed by pressing return and then waiting for the timeout. Impact This could reveal partial password information, possibly exposing history files when not carefully handled by the user and on screen, usable for Social Engineering or Pass-By attacks. Versions affected Passwords timeouts were added in sudo-rs 0.2.7 (with a default set to 5 minutes). Credits This issue was discovered and reported by @DevLaTron.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2025-64170 sudo-rs is a memory safe implementation of sudo and su written in Rust. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-549 Missing Password Field Masking weakness

References