GHSA-c978-wq47-pvvw
sudo-rs: Partial password reveal is possible after timeout
Packages
Details
As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).
### 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.
References
External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.
- https://github.com/trifectatechfoundation/sudo-rs/security/advisories/GHSA-c978-wq47-pvvw
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-64170
- https://github.com/trifectatechfoundation/sudo-rs/commit/0e3d3837aec3ee9fb5dcb8bfe11e8adb367f58f4
- https://github.com/trifectatechfoundation/sudo-rs
- https://github.com/trifectatechfoundation/sudo-rs/releases/tag/v0.2.10