Sudo through 1.9.17p2 fails to apply intercept policy checks to the execveat system call in ptrace-based intercept mode. Users permitted to run specific commands can execute denied programs by calling execveat directly or through fexecve, bypassing policy enforcement and logging.

The remote Oracle Linux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2026-68692 advisory.

    - Fix CVE-2026-82474: execveat(2) intercept/log_subcmds bypass

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2026:68692 advisory.

    The sudo packages contain the sudo utility which allows system administrators to provide certain users     with the permission to execute privileged commands, which are used for system management purposes, without     having to log in as root.

    Security Fix(es):

    * sudo: Sudo: Policy bypass allows unauthorized program execution via execveat (CVE-2026-82474)

    Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

    * Use canonicalized path if user path contains ..  (JIRA:RHEL-212546)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - Sudo through 1.9.17p2 fails to apply intercept policy checks to the execveat system call in ptrace-based     intercept mode. Users permitted to run specific commands can execute denied programs by calling execveat     directly or through fexecve, bypassing policy enforcement and logging. (CVE-2026-82474)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
348160	Oracle Linux 10 : sudo (ELSA-2026-68692)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	Local	high
346992	RHEL 10 : sudo (RHSA-2026:68692)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	Local	high
341570	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-82474	Nessus	Misc.	Local	high

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