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High RHSA-2026:68692 1 CVE

Red Hat Security Advisory: sudo security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Published Sep 18, 2026 · Updated Sep 25, 2026

Ecosystem: Red Hat

Fixed packages 5

ReleasePackageFixed in
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.2 sudo 0:1.9.17-10.p2.el10_2.6
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.2 sudo-debuginfo 0:1.9.17-10.p2.el10_2.6
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.2 sudo-debugsource 0:1.9.17-10.p2.el10_2.6
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.2 sudo-python-plugin 0:1.9.17-10.p2.el10_2.6
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.2 sudo-python-plugin-debuginfo 0:1.9.17-10.p2.el10_2.6

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

  • article
    https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2525889
  • article
    https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-212546
  • advisory
    https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2026/rhsa-2026_68692.json
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-82474
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-82474
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-82474
  • article
    https://github.com/sudo-project/sudo
  • article
    https://github.com/sudo-project/sudo/blob/v1.9.17p2/src/exec_ptrace.c
  • article
    https://github.com/sudo-project/sudo/commit/71fbe42dcd5a1c8f799540583a2dfb2ae6221edf
  • article
    https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/sudo-through-1.9-17p2-intercept-policy-bypass-via-execveat