CVE-2016-7091
sudo: Possible info leak via INPUTRC
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 2.0
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Published · May 24, 2016
Updated · January 29, 2026
Description
It was discovered that the default sudo configuration preserved the value of INPUTRC from the user's environment, 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.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 2.0 · 3.6AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
CWE not specified