RockyLinux 10 : sudo (RLSA-2026:19067)

high Nessus Plugin ID 317979

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Synopsis

The remote RockyLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote RockyLinux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2026:19067 advisory.

* sudo: Sudo: Privilege escalation due to failure in privilege drop calls (CVE-2026-35535)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux 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 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 317979

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2026-19067.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: Local

Family: Rocky Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 5/29/2026

Updated: 6/5/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-35535

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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:rocky:linux:sudo-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:sudo-python-plugin-debuginfo, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:10, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:sudo-python-plugin, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:sudo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:sudo-debugsource

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/29/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/3/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-35535

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