# CVE-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.

- Page: https://www.vulneraibility.com/cve/CVE-2025-32463
- CVSS: 9.3
- Known exploited: yes, in CISA KEV since 2025-09-29; CISA due date 2025-10-20
- EPSS: 55.50%
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB · 1 Metasploit module · 69 GitHub proofs of concept (first 2025-07-01)
- CISA SSVC: exploitation active, automatable no, technical impact total (assessed 2025-09-27)
- Weakness: CWE-829
- Published: 2025-06-30

## Affected versions

- Sudo project Sudo: affected >= 1.9.14 and < 1.9.17p1

A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected.

## References

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

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