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CVE-2026-96512VulnerabilityPublished Updated

Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik Amazon · sudo: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Codeausführung

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-96512· High 7.8

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.8 High : upgrade to 1.9.17-16.p2.2.hum1 or 1.9.5p2-2.el8_10 soon.

Data as of 13 Nov 2026, 11:52 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
7.8High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

Thin evidence

One scorer or none
CVSS scores by source
CNA (redhat)CVSS 3.17.8
EPSS
0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 25% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 1.9.17-16.p2.2.hum1, 1.9.5p2-2.el8_10
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 23 Sep 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 13 Nov 2026.

What to do

Upgrade the Red Hat redhat/sudo package to 1.9.17-16.p2.2.hum1 or 1.9.5p2-2.el8_10.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Red Hatredhat/sudopkg:rpm/redhat/sudoOther threatsAffected
  • >=1.9.5p2 <1.9.5p2-2.el8_10
  • >=1.9.17 <1.9.17-16.p2.2.hum1
Fixed in
  • 1.9.5p2-2.el8_10
  • 1.9.17-16.p2.2.hum1

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AI-suggested

Red Hat has released fixed sudo packages that address CVE-2026-96512. Users should apply the security updates provided in advisories RHSA-2026:71609 and RHSA-2026:75580 promptly. The updated packages include sudo version 1.9.17-16.p2.2.hum1 for Red Hat Hardened Images and sudo-1.9.5p2-2.el8_10 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. Applying these updates mitigates the vulnerability. No additional workarounds or mitigations are indicated by the vendor.

Description

A vulnerability in the sudo utility allows bypass of time-based authorization controls via the TZ environment variable. This flaw affects sudo versions used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and Red Hat Hardened Images. The issue enables users to circumvent NOTBEFORE/NOTAFTER restrictions that control when sudo commands can be executed. Red Hat has released security updates to address this vulnerability.

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