{"id":"CVE-2025-32463","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2025-32463","generatedAt":"2026-10-31T07:04:30.088Z","title":"Sudo Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere Vulnerability","description":"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.","published":"2025-06-30T21:15:30.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T09:12:02.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-829"],"affected":["sudo project/sudo","canonical/ubuntu linux","debian/debian linux","opensuse/leap","redhat/enterprise linux","suse/linux enterprise desktop","suse/linux enterprise real time","suse/linux enterprise server for sap"],"epss":{"score":0.55498,"percentile":0.99034,"date":"2026-10-30","history":[{"date":"2026-09-20","score":0.61039,"percentile":0.99114},{"date":"2026-10-02","score":0.55498,"percentile":0.9901}]},"kev":{"listed":true,"dateAdded":"2025-09-29","dueDate":"2025-10-20","knownRansomwareCampaignUse":"Unknown","notes":"Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.\nThis vulnerability could affect an open-source component, third-party library, protocol, or proprietary implementation that could be used by different products. For more information, please see: https://www.sudo.ws/security/advisories/chroot_bug/ ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-32463"},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2025-07-08","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":52352,"kind":"exploit","title":"Sudo chroot 1.9.17 - Local Privilege Escalation","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/52352","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/linux/local/52352.txt","file":"exploits/linux/local/52352.txt","published":"2025-07-08","added":"2025-07-08","updated":"2025-07-08","author":"Stratascale","type":"local","platform":"linux","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2025-32463"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 20 October 2025). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2025-32463","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2025-32463","tags":["Issue Tracking","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2025-32463.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-32463","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7604-1","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/06/30/3","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.secpod.com/blog/sudo-lpe-vulnerabilities-resolved-what-you-need-to-know-about-cve-2025-32462-and-cve-2025-32463/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.stratascale.com/vulnerability-alert-CVE-2025-32463-sudo-chroot","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.sudo.ws/releases/changelog/","tags":["Release Notes"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.sudo.ws/security/advisories/","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.sudo.ws/security/advisories/chroot_bug/","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-32463.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2025/suse-su-202502177-1/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-32463-detect-sudo-vulnerability","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-32463-mitigate-sudo-vulnerability","tags":["Mitigation","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://iototsecnews.jp/2025/07/01/linux-sudo-chroot-vulnerability-enables-hackers-to-elevate-privileges-to-root/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"},{"url":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-32463","tags":["US Government Resource"],"source":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-32463","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}