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CVE-2016-7091
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.4
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-12-22T21:59:00.113 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:52:34.633

Summary

sudo: It was discovered that the default sudo configuration on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and possibly other Linux implementations preserves the value of INPUTRC which could lead to information disclosure. A local user with sudo access to a restricted program that uses readline could use this flaw to read content from specially formatted files with elevated privileges provided by sudo.

Affected products

redhat — enterprise_linux

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References

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