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High ALSA-2026:69123 1 CVE

Important: sudo security update

Published Sep 21, 2026 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Ecosystem: AlmaLinux

Summary

The sudo packages contain the sudo utility which allows system administrators to provide certain users with the permission to execute privileged commands, which are used for system management purposes, without having to log in as root.

Security Fix(es):

* sudo: Sudo: Policy bypass allows unauthorized program execution via execveat (CVE-2026-82474)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 9 sudo 1.9.17p2-3.el9_8.1
AlmaLinux · 9 sudo-python-plugin 1.9.17p2-3.el9_8.1

Vulnerabilities 1

  • High 7.8
    CVE-2026-82474 Public exploit

    Sudo through 1.9.17p2 Intercept Policy Bypass via execveat

    Sudo through 1.9.17p2 fails to apply intercept policy checks to the execveat system call in ptrace-based intercept mode. Users permitted to run specific commands can execute denied programs by calling execveat directly or through fexecve, bypassing policy enf…

    sudo-project sudo sudo sudo Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-82474
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2525889
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2026-69123.html