High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Aug 29, 2026· Updated Sep 10, 2026

CVE-2026-82474

Description

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 enforcement and logging.

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Affected products

Sudo Project/Sudollm-fuzzy
Range: <=1.9.17p2
osv-coords2 versions
pkg:rpm/almalinux/sudo pkg:rpm/almalinux/sudo-python-plugin
< 1.9.17-10.p2.el10_2.6+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1.9.17-10.p2.el10_2.6
- (no CPE)range: < 1.9.17-10.p2.el10_2.6

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

github.com/sudo-project/sudo/blob/v1.9.17p2/src/exec_ptrace.cnvd
github.com/sudo-project/sudo/commit/71fbe42dcd5a1c8f799540583a2dfb2ae6221edfnvd
www.vulncheck.com/advisories/sudo-through-1.9-17p2-intercept-policy-bypass-via-execveatnvd

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