FKIE_CVE-2025-32463

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-06-30 21:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 09:12
Severity
9.3 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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
cve@mitre.orghttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2025-32463Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2025-32463Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2025-32463.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-32463Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7604-1Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/06/30/3Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.secpod.com/blog/sudo-lpe-vulnerabilities-resolved-what-you-need-to-know-about-cve-2025-32462-and-cve-2025-32463/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.stratascale.com/vulnerability-alert-CVE-2025-32463-sudo-chrootExploit, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.sudo.ws/releases/changelog/Release Notes
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.sudo.ws/security/advisories/Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.sudo.ws/security/advisories/chroot_bug/Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-32463.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2025/suse-su-202502177-1/Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-32463-detect-sudo-vulnerabilityThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-32463-mitigate-sudo-vulnerabilityMitigation, Third Party Advisory
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://iototsecnews.jp/2025/07/01/linux-sudo-chroot-vulnerability-enables-hackers-to-elevate-privileges-to-root/Third Party Advisory
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-32463US Government Resource
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
sudo_project sudo *
sudo_project sudo 1.9.17
canonical ubuntu_linux 22.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 24.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 24.10
canonical ubuntu_linux 25.04
debian debian_linux 11.0
debian debian_linux 12.0
debian debian_linux 13.0
opensuse leap 15.6
redhat enterprise_linux 10.0
suse linux_enterprise_desktop 15
suse linux_enterprise_desktop 15
suse linux_enterprise_real_time 15.0
suse linux_enterprise_real_time 15.0
suse linux_enterprise_real_time 15.0
suse linux_enterprise_server_for_sap 12
suse linux_enterprise_server_for_sap 12
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