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Fedora 46 : sudo (2026-da6797fbc8)

high Nessus Plugin ID 363839

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Fedora 46 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-da6797fbc8 advisory.

 Automatic update for sudo-1.9.17-17.p2.fc46.

 ##### **Changelog**

 ```
 * Tue Oct 6 2026 Alejandro Lpez <[email protected]> - 1.9.17-17.p2
 - Fix CVE-2026-96512
 - Resolves: rhbz#2539401

 ```

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora 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://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-da6797fbc8

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 363839

File Name: fedora_2026-da6797fbc8.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/7/2026

Updated: 10/7/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, 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:fedoraproject:fedora:46, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:sudo

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/7/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/23/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-96512