CVE-2025-32463

⛔ critical

Summary

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.

CVSS Score

9.3

Critical

EPSS Score

20.8

Exploit Probability

Published Date

2025-06-30

First Seen: 2026-01-05

📊 Relative Risk Intelligence

This CVE is High Risk - more severe than 88.5% of all 350,976 vulnerabilities in our database.

#40,223

Top 25% most severe

Severity Percentile

🎯 CISA SSVC Assessment Updated: Sep 27, 2025

🔍 Exploitation Status

Active

Exploits detected in the wild

⚙️ Automatable

Requires human interaction

💥 Technical Impact

Total

Complete system compromise possible

SSVC data provided by CISA

Last Modified 2025-11-05

Source NVD 🔗

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

CWE IDs (Weakness Types)

CWE-829

📦 Affected Products 14

Vendor	Product	Status	Affected Versions
debian	debian_linux	Affected	v11.0
debian	debian_linux	Affected	v12.0
debian	debian_linux	Affected	v13.0
redhat	enterprise_linux	Affected	v10.0
suse	linux_enterprise_desktop	Affected	v15
canonical	ubuntu_linux	Affected	v22.04
canonical	ubuntu_linux	Affected	v24.04
canonical	ubuntu_linux	Affected	v24.10
canonical	ubuntu_linux	Affected	v25.04
suse	linux_enterprise_server_for_sap	Affected	v12
opensuse	leap	Affected	v15.6
sudo_project	sudo	Affected	≥ 1.9.14 < 1.9.17
sudo_project	sudo	Affected	v1.9.17
suse	linux_enterprise_real_time	Affected	v15.0

🔗 References 17

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

Third Party Advisory

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

Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory

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

Third Party Advisory

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

Third Party Advisory

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

Third Party Advisory

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

Third Party Advisory

https://www.secpod.com/blog/sudo-lpe-vulnerabilities...

Exploit Third Party Advisory

https://www.stratascale.com/vulnerability-alert-CVE-...

Exploit Third Party Advisory

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

Release Notes

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

Vendor Advisory

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

Vendor Advisory

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

Third Party Advisory

https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/202...

Third Party Advisory

https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-3246...

Third Party Advisory

https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-3246...

Mitigation Third Party Advisory

https://iototsecnews.jp/2025/07/01/linux-sudo-chroot...

Third Party Advisory

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities...

US Government Resource

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