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CVE-2025-32462

high

Description

Sudo before 1.9.17p1, when used with a sudoers file that specifies a host that is neither the current host nor ALL, allows listed users to execute commands on unintended machines.

References

https://www.secpod.com/blog/sudo-lpe-vulnerabilities-resolved-what-you-need-to-know-about-cve-2025-32462-and-cve-2025-32463/

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/06/30/2

https://thehackernews.com/2025/07/critical-sudo-vulnerabilities-let-local.html

https://securityaffairs.com/179637/security/critical-sudo-bugs-expose-major-linux-distros-to-local-root-exploits.html

https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/07/01/sudo-local-privilege-escalation-vulnerabilities-fixed-cve-2025-32462-cve-2025-32463/

https://www.sudo.ws/security/advisories/host_any/

https://www.stratascale.com/vulnerability-alert-CVE-2025-32462-sudo-host

https://www.sudo.ws/security/advisories/

https://www.sudo.ws/releases/changelog/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-06-30

Updated: 2025-07-19

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.0002

Vulnerability Watch

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Vulnerability Being Monitored