trifectatechfoundation sudo-rs up to 0.2.9 missing password field masking

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in trifectatechfoundation sudo-rs up to 0.2.9. It has been declared as problematic. This affects an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to missing password field masking. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-64170. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in trifectatechfoundation sudo-rs up to 0.2.9. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a missing password field masking vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-549. The product does not mask passwords during entry, increasing the potential for attackers to observe and capture passwords. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

sudo-rs is a memory safe implementation of sudo and su written in Rust. Starting in version 0.2.7 and prior to version 0.2.10, 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. 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. Version 0.2.10 fixes the issue.

The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-64170 since 10/28/2025. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploitation needs additional levels of successful authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1552.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 274961 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-64170 (deprecated)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 0.2.10 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at github.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (274961) and EUVD (EUVD-2025-131955). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Type

• Operating System Utility Software

Vendor

• trifectatechfoundation

Name

• sudo-rs

Version

• 0.2.0
• 0.2.1
• 0.2.2
• 0.2.3
• 0.2.4
• 0.2.5
• 0.2.6
• 0.2.7
• 0.2.8
• 0.2.9

Website

• Product: https://github.com/trifectatechfoundation/sudo-rs/

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