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CVE-2025-32463criticalunder attackCWE-829

CVE-2025-32463

100Vexday Risk Score

Patch now. It under exploitation confirmed by CISA and has a working public exploit.

ssvc Actcvss 9.3epss 56%
from disclosure to weapon0 days
Published on NVDJun 30
1st PoCNov 6
metasploitJun 30
CISA KEV+91d
exploitation probability
56%top 1% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
yesCISA + VulnCheck
131 public exploit(s)
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 · Sudo
public PoCs found — 131
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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/