CVE-2025-32463

HighCVSS 7.8/10Known exploited (CISA KEV)Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-829

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Sudo project	Sudo	>= 1.9.14, < 1.9.17p1

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2025-32463Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2025-32463Issue Tracking, Third 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/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://www.stratascale.com/vulnerability-alert-CVE-2025-32463-sudo-chrootExploit, Third 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-vulnerabilityMitigation, Third 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

Timeline

Published: Jun 30, 2025
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
Added to CISA KEV: Sep 29, 2025
NVD status: Analyzed

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