Issued at: 2026-10-06
Updated at: 2026-10-06
Advisory content derived from Red Hat RHSA-2026:75580, © Red Hat, Inc., used under CC BY 4.0, with modifications.
Synopsis
Important: sudo security update
Description
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: TZ environment variable allows bypass of NOTBEFORE/NOTAFTER time-based authorization (CVE-2026-96512)
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.