Google: app-admin/sudo: security update to 18244.382.54

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 451591

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- 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. (CVE-2025-32463)

Solution

Update the app-admin/sudo library and its related packages to version 18244.382.54 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 451591

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: Google COS Security Checks

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.5

Percentile: 99.87

Vendor

Vendor Severity: HIGH

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-32463

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Metasploit (Sudo Chroot 1.9.17 Privilege Escalation)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-32463

Detections

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