Alpine: multiple sudo packages: security update to 1.9.17_p1-r0

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 428264

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities referenced in the following CVEs:

- 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. (CVE-2025-32462)

- 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)

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 428264

Version: Revision 1.17

Type: Local

Family: Alpine Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 6/30/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.4

Percentile: 99.81

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: 8.8

Temporal Score: 8.4

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-32462

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/30/2025

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 10/20/2025

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Metasploit (Sudo Chroot 1.9.17 Privilege Escalation)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-32462, CVE-2025-32463

IAVA: 2025-A-0465

Detections

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