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Oracle Linux 10 : sudo (ELSA-2026-75579)

high Nessus Plugin ID 363373

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2026-75579 advisory.

 - CVE-2026-96512 sudo: sudo: TZ environment variable allows bypass of NOTBEFORE/NOTAFTER time-based authorization [rhel-10.2.z]
 - Fix CVE-2026-82474: execveat(2) intercept/log_subcmds bypass
 - Resolves: RHEL-164620 - CVE-2026-35535 sudo: Sudo: Privilege escalation due to failure in privilege drop calls
 - Resolves: RHEL-164620 - CVE-2026-35535 sudo: Sudo: Privilege escalation due to failure in privilege drop calls
 - CVE-2025-32462 sudo: LPE via host option Resolves: RHEL-100009
 - CVE-2025-32463 sudo: LPE via chroot option Resolves: RHEL-100022

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 and / or sudo-python-plugin packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2026-75579.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 363373

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2026-75579.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/6/2026

Updated: 10/6/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.9

Percentile: 96.51

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-2026-96512

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: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:10, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:10:2:baseos_patch, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sudo-python-plugin, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sudo

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/6/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/23/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-96512