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CentOS 9 : sudo-1.9.17p2-5.el9

high Nessus Plugin ID 363463

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-1.9.17p2-5.el9 build changelog.

 - TZ environment variable allows bypass of NOTBEFORE/NOTAFTER time-based authorization [rhel-9.10] (CVE-2026-96512)

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=131325

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 363463

File Name: centos9_sudo-1_9_17p2-5_131325.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/6/2026

Updated: 10/6/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, 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:/a:centos:centos:9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sudo-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sudo-python-plugin, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sudo

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: 9/30/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/23/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-96512