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ZPanel zsudo Local Privilege Escalation

Published Aug 4, 2025

Description

ZPanel includes a helper binary named zsudo, intended to allow restricted privilege escalation for administrative tasks. However, when misconfigured in /etc/sudoers, zsudo can be invoked by low-privileged users to execute arbitrary commands as root. This flaw enables local attackers with shell access to escalate privileges by writing a payload to a writable directory and executing it via zsudo. The vulnerability is particularly impactful in post-exploitation scenarios following web server compromise, where the attacker inherits access to zsudo.

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner VulnCheck
Published Aug 4, 2025
Updated Apr 7, 2026
Reserved Aug 1, 2025
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated Aug 5, 2025
NVD
Status Deferred
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a