CVE-2025-32463

high

Description

Sudo before 1.9.17p1 allows local users to obtain root access because /etc/nsswitch.conf from a user-controlled directory is used with the --chroot option.

References

https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-32463-mitigate-sudo-vulnerability

https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-32463-detect-sudo-vulnerability

https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2025/suse-su-202502177-1/

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-32463.html

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/06/30/3

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7604-1

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-32463

https://iototsecnews.jp/2025/07/01/linux-sudo-chroot-vulnerability-enables-hackers-to-elevate-privileges-to-root/

https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2025-32463.html

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2025-32463

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2025-32463

https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2025/09/29/cisa-adds-five-known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog

https://thehackernews.com/2025/09/cisa-sounds-alarm-on-critical-sudo-flaw.html

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.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/linux-users-urged-to-patch/

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/chroot_bug/

https://www.stratascale.com/vulnerability-alert-CVE-2025-32463-sudo-chroot

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

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

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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-06-30

Updated: 2025-09-30

Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)

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: 7.8

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

Severity: High

Vulnerability Watch

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