CVE search · CVE-2025-32463
CVE-2025-32463
high 7.8 Known exploited
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.
Details
- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- Last changed
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
- Weakness
- CWE-829
Severity
| Version | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | critical 9.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
cve@mitre.orgSecondary |
| CVSS 3.1 | high 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
nvd@nist.govPrimary |
Affected products
Vendor and product from the NVD’s CPE applicability statements. Versions and conditions are on the NVD’s page.
- 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
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2025-32463Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2025-32463Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2025-32463.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-32463Third Party Advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7604-1Third Party Advisory
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/06/30/3Third Party Advisory
- https://www.secpod.com/blog/sudo-lpe-vulnerabilities-resolved-what-you-need-to-know-about-cve-2025-32462-and-cve-2025-32463/ExploitThird Party Advisory
- https://www.stratascale.com/vulnerability-alert-CVE-2025-32463-sudo-chrootExploitThird 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.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2025/suse-su-202502177-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-32463-detect-sudo-vulnerabilityThird Party Advisory
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-32463-mitigate-sudo-vulnerabilityMitigationThird Party Advisory
- https://iototsecnews.jp/2025/07/01/linux-sudo-chroot-vulnerability-enables-hackers-to-elevate-privileges-to-root/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-32463US Government Resource