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CVE-2016-7091
- Severity: medium (CVSS 4.4 v3.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2016-12-22 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-200
Description
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
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux: all versions
- RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 7.0
- RedHat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node: 7.0
- RedHat Enterprise Linux Server: 7.0
- RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation: 7.0
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92615
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-readline/2016-05/msg00009.html
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2593.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92615
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-readline/2016-05/msg00009.html
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2593.html
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