CVE-2026-96512

7.8 HIGHpublic exploit available

Published 2026-09-23 · Updated 2026-09-24

AI analysis for this CVE has not been generated yet. Raw NVD data is shown below.

NVD description

A flaw was found in sudo. When sudoers rules use NOTBEFORE or NOTAFTER time-based access restrictions with timestamps that omit the trailing 'Z' timezone indicator, the time evaluation relies on the TZ environment variable inherited from the calling user. Because sudo is a setuid-root program, an unprivileged local user can set TZ to an extreme timezone offset to shift the authorization window by up to approximately 25 hours, causing expired rules to be treated as valid. This allows the user to execute commands outside the intended time window. Authentication is not bypassed; only the time-based authorization check is affected.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CWE-863

Public exploit & PoC references

https://github.com/sudo-project/sudo/commit/1820a349687522f51023d1ae5925125f59679a8c

All references

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