CVE-2026-96512
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
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Puntuación base: 7.8
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.13%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 2
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
🎯 Técnicas ATT&CK
Cómo se explota esta vulnerabilidad y qué consigue el atacante, en el lenguaje de MITRE ATT&CK.
- Explotación
T1068Exploitation for Privilege Escalationprivilege escalation95 % - Impacto principal
T1078Valid Accountsstealth · persistence · privilege escalation · initial access90 % - Impacto secundario
T1059Command and Scripting Interpreterexecution85 %
Escalada de privilegios local explotando variable TZ en setuid-root sudo para eludir restricciones temporales NOTBEFORE/NOTAFTER y ejecutar comandos con privilegios elevados fuera de la ventana autorizada.
Inferido por nuestro agente de análisis a partir de la descripción oficial, el vector CVSS y la CWE, y comprobado por un supervisor. Puede contener errores.
🛡️ Mitigaciones ATT&CK que cubren estas técnicas
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
⚠ Inferidas por IA a partir de la descripción — NVD aún no ha analizado esta CVE; no son CPE verificados.
CWE
- CWE-863
Referencias
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71609
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:75571
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:75579
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:75580
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-96512
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2539327
- https://github.com/sudo-project/sudo/commit/1820a349687522f51023d1ae5925125f59679a8c
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/09/24/4
JSON original (NVD)
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