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Oracle Linux 8 : sudo (ELSA-2026-11521)

high Nessus Plugin ID 311168

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2026-11521 advisory.

 - CVE-2026-35535 - Privilege escalation due to failure in privilege drop calls Resolves: RHEL-166060

 RHEL 8.10.0.Z ERRATUM

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.

Solution

Update the affected sudo package.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2026-11521.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 311168

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2026-11521.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/30/2026

Updated: 4/30/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, 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:oracle:linux:sudo, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8:10:baseos_patch, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/29/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/3/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-35535

IAVA: 2026-A-0312