RHSA-2026:69123HighCVSS 7.8

Red Hat Security Advisory: sudo security update

Published
September 21, 2026
Last Modified
November 6, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

📋 Description

CVE-2026-82474 — sudo: Sudo: Policy bypass allows unauthorized program execution via execveat

🎯 Affected products35

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • sudo-0:1.9.17p2-3.el9_8.1.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • sudo-0:1.9.17p2-3.el9_8.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • sudo-0:1.9.17p2-3.el9_8.1.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • sudo-0:1.9.17p2-3.el9_8.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • sudo-0:1.9.17p2-3.el9_8.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • sudo-debuginfo-0:1.9.17p2-3.el9_8.1.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • sudo-debuginfo-0:1.9.17p2-3.el9_8.1.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • sudo-debuginfo-0:1.9.17p2-3.el9_8.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • sudo-debuginfo-0:1.9.17p2-3.el9_8.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • sudo-debuginfo-0:1.9.17p2-3.el9_8.1.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • sudo-debuginfo-0:1.9.17p2-3.el9_8.1.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • sudo-debuginfo-0:1.9.17p2-3.el9_8.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • sudo-debuginfo-0:1.9.17p2-3.el9_8.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • sudo-debugsource-0:1.9.17p2-3.el9_8.1.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • sudo-debugsource-0:1.9.17p2-3.el9_8.1.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • sudo-debugsource-0:1.9.17p2-3.el9_8.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • sudo-debugsource-0:1.9.17p2-3.el9_8.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • sudo-debugsource-0:1.9.17p2-3.el9_8.1.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • sudo-debugsource-0:1.9.17p2-3.el9_8.1.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • sudo-debugsource-0:1.9.17p2-3.el9_8.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • sudo-debugsource-0:1.9.17p2-3.el9_8.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • sudo-python-plugin-0:1.9.17p2-3.el9_8.1.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • sudo-python-plugin-0:1.9.17p2-3.el9_8.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • sudo-python-plugin-0:1.9.17p2-3.el9_8.1.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • sudo-python-plugin-0:1.9.17p2-3.el9_8.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • sudo-python-plugin-debuginfo-0:1.9.17p2-3.el9_8.1.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • sudo-python-plugin-debuginfo-0:1.9.17p2-3.el9_8.1.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • sudo-python-plugin-debuginfo-0:1.9.17p2-3.el9_8.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
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✅ Remediation

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Workaround: To mitigate this issue, disable the ptrace-based intercept mode in the `sudoers` configuration. Add `Defaults !intercept` to `/etc/sudoers` or a file within `/etc/sudoers.d/`. This action may affect advanced `sudo` policy enforcement or logging features that rely on ptrace-based interception. Always validate `sudoers` file changes with `visudo` to prevent system lockout.

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