diff -up ./plugins/sudoers/cvtsudoers.c.legacy-processing ./plugins/sudoers/cvtsudoers.c
--- ./plugins/sudoers/cvtsudoers.c.legacy-processing	2018-09-26 12:27:13.087680204 +0200
+++ ./plugins/sudoers/cvtsudoers.c	2018-09-26 12:30:59.222466620 +0200
@@ -321,6 +321,15 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	sudo_fatalx("error: unhandled input %d", input_format);
     }
 
+    /*
+     * cvtsudoers group filtering doesn't work if def_match_group_by_gid
+     * is set to true by default (at compile-time). It cannot be set to false
+     * because cvtsudoers doesn't apply the parsed Defaults.
+     *
+     * Related: sudo-1.8.23-legacy-group-processing.patch
+     */
+    def_match_group_by_gid = def_legacy_group_processing = false;
+
     /* Apply filters. */
     filter_userspecs(&parsed_policy, conf);
     filter_defaults(&parsed_policy, conf);
diff -up ./plugins/sudoers/defaults.c.legacy-processing ./plugins/sudoers/defaults.c
--- ./plugins/sudoers/defaults.c.legacy-processing	2018-09-02 14:30:08.000000000 +0200
+++ ./plugins/sudoers/defaults.c	2018-09-26 12:27:13.087680204 +0200
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ static struct early_default early_defaul
     { I_FQDN },
 #endif
     { I_MATCH_GROUP_BY_GID },
+    { I_LEGACY_GROUP_PROCESSING },
     { I_GROUP_PLUGIN },
     { I_RUNAS_DEFAULT },
     { I_SUDOERS_LOCALE },
@@ -487,6 +488,8 @@ init_defaults(void)
     }
 
     /* First initialize the flags. */
+    def_legacy_group_processing = true;
+    def_match_group_by_gid = true;
 #ifdef LONG_OTP_PROMPT
     def_long_otp_prompt = true;
 #endif
diff -up ./plugins/sudoers/def_data.c.legacy-processing ./plugins/sudoers/def_data.c
--- ./plugins/sudoers/def_data.c.legacy-processing	2018-08-18 16:10:15.000000000 +0200
+++ ./plugins/sudoers/def_data.c	2018-09-26 12:27:13.087680204 +0200
@@ -494,6 +494,10 @@ struct sudo_defs_types sudo_defs_table[]
 	N_("Ignore case when matching group names"),
 	NULL,
     }, {
+	"legacy_group_processing", T_FLAG,
+	N_("Don't pre-resolve all group names"),
+	NULL,
+    }, {
 	NULL, 0, NULL
     }
 };
diff -up ./plugins/sudoers/def_data.h.legacy-processing ./plugins/sudoers/def_data.h
--- ./plugins/sudoers/def_data.h.legacy-processing	2018-08-18 16:10:15.000000000 +0200
+++ ./plugins/sudoers/def_data.h	2018-09-26 12:27:13.087680204 +0200
@@ -226,6 +226,8 @@
 #define def_case_insensitive_user (sudo_defs_table[I_CASE_INSENSITIVE_USER].sd_un.flag)
 #define I_CASE_INSENSITIVE_GROUP 113
 #define def_case_insensitive_group (sudo_defs_table[I_CASE_INSENSITIVE_GROUP].sd_un.flag)
+#define I_LEGACY_GROUP_PROCESSING 114
+#define def_legacy_group_processing (sudo_defs_table[I_LEGACY_GROUP_PROCESSING].sd_un.flag)
 
 enum def_tuple {
 	never,
diff -up ./plugins/sudoers/def_data.in.legacy-processing ./plugins/sudoers/def_data.in
--- ./plugins/sudoers/def_data.in.legacy-processing	2018-08-18 16:10:15.000000000 +0200
+++ ./plugins/sudoers/def_data.in	2018-09-26 12:27:13.088680212 +0200
@@ -357,3 +357,6 @@ case_insensitive_user
 case_insensitive_group
 	T_FLAG
 	"Ignore case when matching group names"
+legacy_group_processing
+	T_FLAG
+	"Don't pre-resolve all group names"
diff -up ./plugins/sudoers/sudoers.c.legacy-processing ./plugins/sudoers/sudoers.c
--- ./plugins/sudoers/sudoers.c.legacy-processing	2018-08-18 16:10:25.000000000 +0200
+++ ./plugins/sudoers/sudoers.c	2018-09-26 12:27:13.088680212 +0200
@@ -212,6 +212,10 @@ sudoers_policy_init(void *info, char * c
     if (set_loginclass(runas_pw ? runas_pw : sudo_user.pw))
 	ret = true;
 
+    if (!def_match_group_by_gid || !def_legacy_group_processing) {
+        def_match_group_by_gid = false;
+	def_legacy_group_processing = false;
+    }
 cleanup:
     if (!restore_perms())
 	ret = -1;