0007026: Gaining root access without root password

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0007026	Kali Linux	General Bug	public	2021-02-02 12:08	2025-07-14 09:15

Reporter	Sharjeel M.	Assigned To	daniruiz
Priority	normal	Severity	major	Reproducibility	always
Status	closed	Resolution	no change required
Product Version	2020.4

Summary	0007026: Gaining root access without root password
Description	I am a software engineering student and i have been noticing this bug where i can easily get into root user with using justmy normal user's password in terminal. Iopen terminal and type sudo su and it ask for my normal user password instead of asking me to enter the password of root user, this can be a major issue because when i give my laptop to someone else and also tells them the password of normal user in which i usually login sothey can also easily got into root just by using normal user's password
Steps To Reproduce	This problem can only be solved my prompting the user to enter the root password whenever he is using sudo with any command or when he is trying to get into root user!

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2021-02-02 12:08	Sharjeel M.	New Issue
2021-02-02 12:43	DontPanicO	Note Added: 0014190
2021-02-03 09:25	daniruiz	Assigned To	=> daniruiz
2021-02-03 09:25	daniruiz	Status	new => closed
2021-02-03 09:25	daniruiz	Resolution	open => no change required
2025-07-14 09:15	g0tmi1k	Priority	immediate => normal

DontPanicO 2021-02-02 12:43 reporter ~0014190	This is just the normal behaviour of sudo (switch user do), granting "root" privileges when running command with a non-root user. If you want to give your laptop to someone, without let hi run command as root, just provide him access with an user unable to sudo