CVE-2025-32463
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-32463
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-32463.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2025-32463
- Downstream
ALPINE (1)
ALSA (1)
BELL (1)
DEBIAN (1)
MGASA (1)
openSUSE (1)
RHSA (1)
RLSA (1)
UBUNTU (1)
- Related
- Published
- 2025-06-30T00:00:00Z
- Modified
- 2026-10-28T02:31:08Z
- Severity
-
- 9.3 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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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.
- Database specific
{ "cna_assigner": "mitre", "cwe_ids": [ "CWE-829" ], "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/32xxx/CVE-2025-32463.json", "unresolved_ranges": [ { "extracted_events": [ { "range": [ { "introduced": "1.9.14" }, { "fixed": "1.9.17p1" } ], "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD", "strategy": "StandardRange" } ] } ] }- References
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2025-32463
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2025-32463
- https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2025-32463.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-32463
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-32463
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/06/30/3
- https://www.stratascale.com/vulnerability-alert-CVE-2025-32463-sudo-chroot
- https://www.sudo.ws/releases/changelog/
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-32463.html
- https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2025/suse-su-202502177-1/
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-32463-detect-sudo-vulnerability
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-32463-mitigate-sudo-vulnerability
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/32xxx/CVE-2025-32463.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-32463
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7604-1
- https://www.sudo.ws/security/advisories/
- https://www.sudo.ws/security/advisories/chroot_bug/
- https://www.secpod.com/blog/sudo-lpe-vulnerabilities-resolved-what-you-need-to-know-about-cve-2025-32462-and-cve-2025-32463/
- https://iototsecnews.jp/2025/07/01/linux-sudo-chroot-vulnerability-enables-hackers-to-elevate-privileges-to-root/
Affected packages
Git / github.com/sudo-project/sudo
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/sudo-project/sudo
- Events
-
IntroducedFixedIntroducedLast Affected
- Database specific
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Show details
{ "extracted_events": [ { "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:sudo_project:sudo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "range": [ { "introduced": "1.9.14" }, { "fixed": "1.9.17" } ], "source": "CPE_RANGE" }, { "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:sudo_project:sudo:1.9.17:-:*:*:*:*:*:*", "range": [ { "introduced": "1.9.17-NA" }, { "last_affected": "1.9.17-NA" } ], "source": "CPE_STRING" } ] }
Affected versions
1.*
1.9.17-NA
Other
SUDO_1_9_14
SUDO_1_9_14p1
SUDO_1_9_14p2
SUDO_1_9_14p3
SUDO_1_9_15
SUDO_1_9_15p1
SUDO_1_9_15p2
SUDO_1_9_15p3
SUDO_1_9_15p4
SUDO_1_9_15p5
SUDO_1_9_16
SUDO_1_9_16p1
SUDO_1_9_16p2
v1.*
v1.9.14
v1.9.14p1
v1.9.14p2
v1.9.14p3
v1.9.15
v1.9.15p1
v1.9.15p2
v1.9.15p3
v1.9.15p4
v1.9.15p5
v1.9.16
v1.9.16p1
v1.9.16p2