CVE-2025-32462
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.
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 4.5%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 4.48% probability · 91th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 8 July 2025
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-863
- Affected
- sudo project/sudo
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 4.5% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2025-32462
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2025-32462
- https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2025-32462.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2025/msg00118.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-32462
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7604-1
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/06/30/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.secpod.com/blog/sudo-lpe-vulnerabilities-resolved-what-you-need-to-know-about-cve-2025-32462-and-cve-2025-32463/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.stratascale.com/vulnerability-alert-CVE-2025-32462-sudo-hostExploit, 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/host_any/
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-32462.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/06/msg00033.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-585531.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.