Rocky Linux 8 [CIQ] Security Update: sudo / sudo-debuginfo / sudo-debugsource (crlsa-2026_11521)

high Nessus Plugin ID 354818

Synopsis

The Rocky Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CIQ crlsa-2026_11521 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 CIQ 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 based on the guidance in CIQ advisory crlsa-2026_11521.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 354818

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_8_crlsa-2026_11521.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Rocky Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.5

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Unknown

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

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list, Host/OS/extended-third-party

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/30/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/3/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-35535

Detections

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