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sudo: Fix of CVE-2026-96512

Type: advisorySources: OSV

- CVE-2026-96512: unset TZ in sudo's own environment before tzset() in main(), working on a private copy of environ made in os_init_common() so the envp passed to the plugins is left unchanged

Products
sudo, sudo-devel, sudo-python-plugin
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
1.9.5p2-10.el9_6.2.tuxcare.els2
CVEs
CVE-2026-96512
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
1 Nov 2026, 10:52 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

sudo: Fix of CVE-2026-96512

core-osv · Original source

Published 17 Oct 2026, 02:29 UTC

- CVE-2026-96512: unset TZ in sudo's own environment before tzset() in main(), working on a private copy of environ made in os_init_common() so the envp passed to the plugins is left unchanged

osv:CLSA-2026-1792204181

sudo

Fixed versions: 1.9.5p2-10.el9_6.2.tuxcare.els2

sudo-devel

Fixed versions: 1.9.5p2-10.el9_6.2.tuxcare.els2

sudo-python-plugin

Fixed versions: 1.9.5p2-10.el9_6.2.tuxcare.els2

Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CLSA-2026-1792204181",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "sudo: Fix of CVE-2026-96512",
    "summary": "- CVE-2026-96512: unset TZ in sudo's own environment before tzset() in main(), working on a private copy of environ made in os_init_common() so the envp passed to the plugins is left unchanged",
    "evidence": "osv:CLSA-2026-1792204181",
    "products": [
      {
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          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
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      },
      {
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            "evidence": "/affected/1/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "sudo-python-plugin",
          "evidence": "/affected/2/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
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    "severity": "unknown",
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              ]
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          ],
          "package": {
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            "ecosystem": "TuxCare:AlmaLinux:9.6"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://github.com/cloudlinux/tuxcare-osv/tree/main/data/els_os/almalinux9.6esu/CLSA-2026-1792204181.json"
          }
        },
        {
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          },
          "database_specific": {
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-26T09:31:20.356413030Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2026-96512"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://errata.tuxcare.com/els_os/tuxcare9.6esu/CLSA-2026-1792204181.html",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-96512"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2026-96512",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
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    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": null
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 447603,
  "published_at": "2026-10-17T02:29:52+00:00"
}