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| ID | Project | Category | View Status | Date Submitted | Last Update |
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| 0009777 | Kali Linux | Kali Package Bug | public | 2026-07-10 07:11 | 2026-07-14 06:07 |
| Reporter | Novahunter06 | Assigned To | arnaudr | ||
| Priority | normal | Severity | minor | Reproducibility | have not tried |
| Status | closed | Resolution | fixed | ||
| Summary | 0009777: Amass wrapper invokes sudo automatically when libpostal data is missing | ||||
| Description | The /usr/bin/amass wrapper automatically executes sudo libpostal_data download all /var/lib/libpostal when the libpostal dataset is not present. Steps to Reproduce The wrapper checks for the dataset: if [ ! -e /usr/share/libpostal/transliteration ]; then This causes amass to invoke sudo automatically before executing the actual binary. Expected Behavior The wrapper should not invoke sudo automatically during normal execution. Instead, it should either: declare the required libpostal dataset as a package dependency, Automatically invoking sudo from a user-facing wrapper is unexpected behavior and mixes package setup with normal program execution. This can: produce unexpected privilege prompts, This appears to be a packaging/design issue rather than a security vulnerability. | ||||
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Seems added here: https://gitlab.com/kalilinux/packages/amass/-/commit/2190e85160b0ed5f2cec8e9652fd9ff8030c4890 |
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AI-generated report about how things should be packaged is not helpful. I don't even know what problem you're facing. Closing. |
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| Date Modified | Username | Field | Change |
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| 2026-07-10 07:11 | Novahunter06 | New Issue | |
| 2026-07-10 21:32 | kali-bugreport | Note Added: 0021862 | |
| 2026-07-14 06:07 | arnaudr | Note Added: 0021867 | |
| 2026-07-14 06:07 | arnaudr | Assigned To | => arnaudr |
| 2026-07-14 06:07 | arnaudr | Status | new => closed |
| 2026-07-14 06:07 | arnaudr | Resolution | open => fixed |