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
- Related
- Published
- 2025-06-30T21:15:30.257Z
- Modified
- 2026-02-05T05:42:19.202113Z
- Severity
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- 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/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.
- References
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- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-32463-mitigate-sudo-vulnerability
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-32463
- 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://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7604-1
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/06/30/3
- https://www.secpod.com/blog/sudo-lpe-vulnerabilities-resolved-what-you-need-to-know-about-cve-2025-32462-and-cve-2025-32463/
- https://www.stratascale.com/vulnerability-alert-CVE-2025-32463-sudo-chroot
- https://www.sudo.ws/releases/changelog/
- https://www.sudo.ws/security/advisories/
- https://www.sudo.ws/security/advisories/chroot_bug/
- 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://iototsecnews.jp/2025/07/01/linux-sudo-chroot-vulnerability-enables-hackers-to-elevate-privileges-to-root/
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2025-32463
- https://www.secpod.com/blog/sudo-lpe-vulnerabilities-resolved-what-you-need-to-know-about-cve-2025-32462-and-cve-2025-32463/
- https://www.stratascale.com/vulnerability-alert-CVE-2025-32463-sudo-chroot
Affected packages
Git / github.com/sudo-project/sudo
Affected versions
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