Qualys Cloud Agent for Linux Intel Release 7.2.5

Limited Customer Release

December 12, 2025

Privilege Management for CEP Processes

We enhanced the Command Execution Pipeline (CEP) to optimize the process default privileges.

When Cloud Agent runs with root access and useSudo=0 configuration, CEP commands will be executed without sudo privileges. Previously, CEP commands were executed with sudo privileges, despite having a useSudo=0 configuration, because useSudoForCep=1 is the default configuration for the Cloud Agent.

This enhancement ensures the consistent CEP process behavior and prevents redundant privilege escalation.

Refer to Qualys Cloud Agent for Linux Intel 7.2.3 Release Notes for more details.

Behavior Change

There are no behavior changes in this release.

Platform Coverage Support

No new platform coverage added in this release.

Issues Addressed

No important and notable issues were reported for this release.

Known Issues, Limitations, and Workarounds

There are no known issues or limitations in this release.