Sudo (its “do”) allows a system administrator to delegate authority to give certain users (or groups of users) the ability to execute some (or all) of the commands as root or another user while providing an audit trail of the commands and their arguments. For more information, see the introduction to Sudo.
Sudo is free software, distributed under an ISC-style license.
The current stable version is sudo 1.9.13p3, released on March 6, 2023. The current legacy version is sudo 1.8.32, released on February 9, 2021. The current development version is sudo 1.9.13rc1, released on February 10, 2023.
See the packages page for a list of binary packages.
[2023-03-06] Sudo version 1.9.13p3 released. Important changes in sudo 1.9.13p3. [2023-02-27] Sudo version 1.9.13p2 released. Important changes in sudo 1.9.13p2. [2023-02-17] Sudo version 1.9.13p1 released. Important changes in sudo 1.9.13p1. [2023-02-14] Sudo version 1.9.13 released. Important changes in sudo 1.9.13. [2023-02-10] Sudo version 1.9.13rc1 released. Important changes in sudo 1.9.13rc1. [2023-02-03] Sudo version 1.9.13b4 released. Important changes in sudo 1.9.13b4. [2023-01-30] Sudo version 1.9.13b3 released. Important changes in sudo 1.9.13b3. [2023-01-25] Sudo version 1.9.13b2 released. Important changes in sudo 1.9.13b2. [2023-01-24] Sudo version 1.9.13b1 released. Important changes in sudo 1.9.13b1. [2023-01-18] Sudo version 1.9.12p2 released. Important changes in sudo 1.9.12p2. This release fixes CVE-2023-22809 that could allow a malicious user with sudoedit privileges to edit arbitrary files. [2022-11-04] Sudo version 1.9.12p1 released. Important changes in sudo 1.9.12p1. [2022-10-23] Sudo version 1.9.12 released. Important changes in sudo 1.9.12. [2022-10-20] Sudo version 1.9.12rc3 released. Important changes in sudo 1.9.12rc3. [2022-10-19] Sudo version 1.9.12rc2 released. Important changes in sudo 1.9.12rc2. [2022-10-14] Sudo version 1.9.12rc1 released. Important changes in sudo 1.9.12rc1. [2022-10-10] Sudo version 1.9.12b2 released. Important changes in sudo 1.9.12b2. [2022-10-07] Sudo version 1.9.12b1 released. Important changes in sudo 1.9.12b1. [2022-08-24] 7 Sudo Myths Discredited, an article by Peter Czanik in opensource.com, addresses some common sudo misconceptions. [2022-07-06] Peter Czanik presented Sudo logs for Blue Teamers at Pass the SALT 2022. Video of the presentation and slides are available. [2022-06-21] Sudo version 1.9.11p3 released. Important changes in sudo 1.9.11p3. [2022-06-12] Sudo version 1.9.11p2 released. Important changes in sudo 1.9.11p2. [2022-06-08] Sudo version 1.9.11p1 released. Important changes in sudo 1.9.11p1. [2022-06-06] Sudo version 1.9.11 released. Important changes in sudo 1.9.11. [2022-06-03] Peter Czanik presented Sudo 1.9+: See and control your blind spots at the openSUSE 2022 Conference. The video of the presentation will be available at a later date. [2022-03-03] Sudo version 1.9.10 released. Important changes in sudo 1.9.10. [2022-02-23] 5 New Sudo Features System Administrators Should Know In 2022, an article by Peter Czanik in opensource.com, highlights new sudo features that allow you to observe and control previously hidden problem areas. [2022-01-28] Sudo version 1.9.9 released. Important changes in sudo 1.9.9. [2021-12-06] Sudo’s website has received a facelift. It is now built using hugo with the geekdoc theme. The sudo blog has been incorporated into the main site. [2021-09-21] Sudo version 1.9.8p2 released. Important changes in sudo 1.9.8p2. [2021-09-16] Sudo version 1.9.8p1 released. Important changes in sudo 1.9.8p1. [2021-09-13] Sudo version 1.9.8 released. Important changes in sudo 1.9.8. [2021-07-27] Sudo version 1.9.7p2 released. Important changes in sudo 1.9.7p2. [2021-06-11] Sudo version 1.9.7p1 released. Important changes in sudo 1.9.7p1. [2021-05-12] Sudo version 1.9.7 released. Important changes in sudo 1.9.7. [2021-03-15] Sudo version 1.9.6p1 released. Important changes in sudo 1.9.6p1. [2021-03-13] Sudo version 1.9.6 released. Important changes in sudo 1.9.6. [2021-02-09] Sudo version 1.8.32 released. Important changes in sudo 1.8.32. This release fixes CVE-2021-3156 (also known as Baron Samedit) that could allow an attacker to gain root privileges even if they are not listed in the sudoers file. [2021-01-26] Sudo version 1.9.5p2 released. Important changes in sudo 1.9.5p2. This release fixes CVE-2021-3156 (also known as Baron Samedit) that could allow an attacker to gain root privileges even if they are not listed in the sudoers file. [2021-01-11] Sudo version 1.9.5p1 released. Important changes in sudo 1.9.5p1. [2021-01-11] Sudo version 1.9.5 released. Important changes in sudo 1.9.5. This release fixes a potential security issue in sudoedit when sudo is built with SELinux support so that a user can set the owner of an arbitrary file to that of the target user (for example, root). [2020-12-20] Sudo version 1.9.4p2 released. Important changes in sudo 1.9.4p2. [2020-12-17] Sudo version 1.9.4p1 released. Important changes in sudo 1.9.4p1. [2020-11-30] Sudo version 1.9.4 released. Important changes in sudo 1.9.4. [2020-10-28] 5 New Sudo Features You Need to Know in 2020, an article by Peter Czanik in opensource.com, highlights the new features of sudo 1.9. [2020-09-23] Sudo version 1.9.3p1 released. Important changes in sudo 1.9.3p1. [2020-09-21] Sudo version 1.9.3 released. Important changes in sudo 1.9.3. [2020-07-22] Sudo version 1.9.2 released. Important changes in sudo 1.9.2. [2020-06-19] Sudo version 1.9.1 released. Important changes in sudo 1.9.1. [2020-06-19] Sudo version 1.8.31p2 released. Important changes in sudo 1.8.31p2. [2020-05-12] Sudo version 1.9.0 released. Important changes in sudo 1.9.0. [2020-03-14] Sudo version 1.8.31p1 released. Important changes in sudo 1.8.31p1. [2020-03-07] Presentation of Sudo 1.9 in SCaLE 18x. Slides and video of the presentation are available. [2020-01-30] Sudo version 1.8.31 released. Important changes in sudo 1.8.31. This release fixes a potential security issue that can cause a buffer overflow if the pwfeedback option is enabled on sudoers.
