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GHSA-q38v-wp89-2w55

sh _uid does not drop supplementary groups (incomplete privilege drop)

Source: GitHub Advisory Database (reviewed) High CVE-2026-54552

Packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
PyPI sh < 2.2.4 2.2.4

Details

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### Impact The `_uid` option performed an incomplete privilege drop on Linux/Unix-like systems. When `sh` was run from a process with elevated privileges, such as root, and a command was launched with `_uid=<unprivileged user>`, the child process changed its UID and primary GID but did not reset its supplementary groups. As a result, the child process could retain the parent process’s supplementary groups, potentially including privileged groups such as root, docker, disk, shadow, or sudo. This could allow a subprocess that was expected to run with reduced privileges to access files or resources available to the original process’s supplementary groups. Users are impacted if they rely on `_uid` as a privilege boundary when launching commands from a privileged parent process. ### Patches Upgrade to version >= 2.2.4 ### Workarounds Avoid using `_uid` when the user represents a less-privileged user.

References

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