CVE-2025-32463

🔥 Known Exploited (CISA KEV)CRITICAL

9.3

CVSS Severity Score

EPSS Score0.0000%

EPSS Percentile0.00th

Published2025-06-30

Last Modified2026-06-17

Data SourcesNVDCISA KEV

Vulnerability 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.

Affected Platforms (CPE)

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Sudo Project

Sudo

>= 1.9.14 and < 1.9.17= 1.9.17

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Canonical

Ubuntu Linux

= 22.04= 24.04= 24.10= 25.04

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Debian

Debian Linux

= 11.0= 12.0= 13.0

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Opensuse

Leap

= 15.6

References & Advisories

🔗 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2025-32463

🔗 https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2025-32463

🔗 https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2025-32463.html

🔗 https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-32463

🔗 https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7604-1

🔗 https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/06/30/3

🔗 https://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-chroot