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CentOS 9 : sudo-1.9.17p2-4.el9

high Nessus Plugin ID 310556

Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing a security update for sudo.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the sudo-1.9.17p2-4.el9 build changelog.

 - Privilege escalation due to failure in privilege drop calls (CVE-2026-35535)

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

Solution

Update the CentOS 9 Stream sudo package.

See Also

https://kojihub.stream.centos.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=108225

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 310556

File Name: centos9_sudo-1_9_17p2-4_108225.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/27/2026

Updated: 4/27/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-35535

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.4

Temporal Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sudo, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sudo-devel, cpe:/a:centos:centos:9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sudo-python-plugin

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/22/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/3/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-35535

IAVA: 2026-A-0312