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CVE-2025-32463

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Date: June 29, 2025

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.

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Related Resources (19)

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-32463
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7604-1
https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-32463-detect-sudo-vulnerability
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2025-32463
https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-32463-mitigate-sudo-vulnerability
https://www.sudo.ws/releases/changelog/
https://www.stratascale.com/vulnerability-alert-CVE-2025-32463-sudo-chroot
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2025-32463
https://iototsecnews.jp/2025/07/01/linux-sudo-chroot-vulnerability-enables-hackers-to-elevate-privileges-to-root/
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-32463.html
https://www.secpod.com/blog/sudo-lpe-vulnerabilities-resolved-what-you-need-to-know-about-cve-2025-32462-and-cve-2025-32463/
https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2025/suse-su-202502177-1/
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-32463
https://www.sudo.ws/security/advisories/
https://www.sudo.ws/security/advisories/chroot_bug/
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-32463
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/06/30/3
https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2025-32463.html
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2025-32463

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere

CWE-829

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): CHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

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