trifectatechfoundation/sudo-rs

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4447 stars · 179 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

A memory-safe, safety-oriented reimplementation of the classic sudo and su utilities written in Rust. It is actively maintained, independently audited, and ships as a default or packaged alternative in major Linux distributions.

Use cases

• replace C sudo with a memory-safe implementation on Linux
• reduce privilege-escalation attack surface on servers
• run sudo and su commands with fewer memory safety vulnerabilities
• adopt sudo-rs as the default sudo in a distribution
• audit-friendly privilege management tooling

When to choose

• you want a memory-safe sudo/su on Linux or FreeBSD
• you maintain a distribution or hardened system where sudo CVEs are a concern
• you need an audited, actively maintained privilege escalation tool

When to avoid

• you rely on sudo features not yet implemented in sudo-rs
• you need sudo on macOS or other non-Linux/BSD platforms
• you require full drop-in compatibility with original sudo plugins and scripts

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

security cli security operating-systems developer-tools bsd rust sudo su memory-safety privilege-escalation rust-rewrite linux

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