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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-32463

Sudo Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere Vulnerability

Published Jun 30, 2025 · catalog updated Jun 17, 2026 · Sudo project

Patch now

CVE-2025-32463 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Oct 20, 2025. Confirm Sudo project against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Severity
Critical9.3
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
55.50%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
cpe canonical/ubuntu linux · cpe debian/debian linux · cpe sudo project/sudo · vendor Sudo Sudo · vendor Sudo project sudo 1.9.14 <1.9.17p1

Sudo contains an inclusion of functionality from untrusted control sphere vulnerability. This vulnerability could allow local attacker to leverage sudo’s -R (--chroot) option to run arbitrary commands as root, even if they are not listed in the sudoers file. Initial-access exploit intelligence.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • cpe canonical/ubuntu linux22.04
  • cpe canonical/ubuntu linux24.04
  • cpe canonical/ubuntu linux24.10
  • cpe canonical/ubuntu linux25.04
  • cpe debian/debian linux11.0
  • cpe debian/debian linux12.0
  • cpe sudo project/sudo1.9.17
  • vendor Sudo Sudoversion unspecified
  • vendor Sudo project sudo 1.9.14 <1.9.17p11.9.14 <1.9.17p1

How to fix CVE-2025-32463

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2025-32463 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Oct 20, 2025. Confirm Sudo project against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with canonical/ubuntu linux 22.04; canonical/ubuntu linux 24.04; canonical/ubuntu linux 24.10; canonical/ubuntu linux 25.04. Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-829: Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere. EPSS 55.50%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. A public exploit reference is linked in Sources. That is not the same as confirmed exploitation. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Jun 30, 2025 · Catalog

    Detected

    Sudo contains an inclusion of functionality from untrusted control sphere vulnerability. This vulnerability could allow local attacker to leverage sudo’s -R (--chroot) option to run arbitrary commands as root, even if they are not listed in the sudoers file.

  2. Sep 29, 2025 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

  3. Oct 20, 2025 · CISA KEV

    Remediation due

    Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

  4. Jun 17, 2026 · Catalog

    Updated

    Sudo contains an inclusion of functionality from untrusted control sphere vulnerability. This vulnerability could allow local attacker to leverage sudo’s -R (--chroot) option to run arbitrary commands as root, even if they are not listed in the sudoers file.

Sources

  • CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2025-32463

    Sudo contains an inclusion of functionality from untrusted control sphere vulnerability. This vulnerability could allow local attacker to leverage sudo’s -R (--chroot) option to run arbitrary commands as root, even if they are not listed in the sudoers file.

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-32463

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-32463

    30-day exploitation probability 55.5%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-19673

    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.

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu
  • Exploit DatabasePublic exploit reference52352

    Public archive entry. The exploit body is not stored here.

    exploit-db.com
  • Metasploit ModulesPublic exploit moduleexploit_linux/local/sudo_chroot_cve_2025_32463

    Public module reference (normal). Module source is not copied into this catalog.

    rapid7.com
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2025-32463

    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.

    nvd.nist.gov
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2025-32463

    Sudo contains an inclusion of functionality from untrusted control sphere vulnerability. This vulnerability could allow local attacker to leverage sudo’s -R (--chroot) option to run arbitrary commands as root, even if they are not listed in the sudoers file.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.