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From: Kenneth Wyatt <soy.el.gato.negro@gmail.com>
To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: How do I report security issue?
Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2021 19:18:00 +1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <58d23d65-a7de-cc89-de47-22776316a330@gmail.com> (raw)

Hi guys,

I found a very simple way to get sudo/root shell in Emacs without 
passing a password check for launching the shell. While it does rely on 
actions by a user who does know the sudo password, once these actions 
are taken, an unattended terminal can be used to gain full sudo shell 
session with (from what I can tell) no timeout on one's ability to do so.

Unsure exactly where to report this as the public bugtracker seems 
inappropriate even if reporting it seems unlikely to result in 
widespread in-the-wild use.

It's totally possible this is also "as intended" behaviour, but that 
seems unlikely, and if it is, I think changing the default behaviour 
would be the responsible thing to do. I'm sure I'm not the first person 
to discover this, but an admittedly cursory search didn't turn up 
discussion online.

Could someone direct me where to report the replication steps in a 
responsible manner?

Thanks so much,

Kenneth





             reply	other threads:[~2021-07-11  9:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-07-11  9:18 Kenneth Wyatt [this message]
2021-07-11 11:26 ` How do I report security issue? Michael Albinus

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