CVE-2025-32463
100Vexday Risk Score
Patch now. It under exploitation confirmed by CISA and has a working public exploit.
ssvc Actcvss 9.3epss 61%
from disclosure to weapon0 days
Published on NVDJun 30
1st PoCNov 6
metasploitJun 30
CISA KEV+91d
exploitation probability
61%top 1% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
yesCISA + VulnCheck
144 public exploit(s)
What the vendors declare (VEX)
Official vendor statements in CSAF/VEX format: whether their product is affected, already fixed, or ruled out — and why. These are the vendor's assertions, not Vexday's judgment.
Red HatVEX document ↗
Fixed
2 products (33 components)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10) · Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
Not affected
5 products (13 components) — because the vulnerable code is not present in the product
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 · Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
Action required by CISAfederal deadline: 2025-10-20
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Researched and written with AI from the vendor advisory and public analysis, with the sources above. Always confirm the fixed version in the official advisory before acting.
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.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
Sudo project · Sudopublic PoCs found — 144
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References
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2025-32463https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2025-32463https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2025-32463.htmlhttps://iototsecnews.jp/2025/07/01/linux-sudo-chroot-vulnerability-enables-hackers-to-elevate-privileges-to-root/https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-32463https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7604-1https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-32463https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/06/30/3https://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-chroothttps://www.sudo.ws/releases/changelog/https://www.sudo.ws/security/advisories/