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sudo-rs Is Now The Default sudo Of Ubuntu 25.10
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this post was submitted on 02 Sep 2025
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Everyone is focusing on the fact that this us C vs rust. The original sudo has issues on its own. Its a large code base that does lots of things and has inherent security vulnerabilities.
Sudo is worth redoing regardless of language.
https://linuxsecurity.com/news/security-vulnerabilities/sudo-flaws-linux-privilege-at-risk
Or move away from it entirely, e.g. to something like
doaswhich OpenBSD migrated to a decade ago.