Sudo · Sudo
CVE-2025-32463
Sudo Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere Vulnerability
CISA KEV record
- CISA date added
- 2025-09-29
- CISA due date
- 2025-10-20
- Known ransomware use
- Unknown
NVD risk context
7.8 HIGH
CVSS is a technical severity score. CISA’s KEV status remains the evidence that this vulnerability is known to be exploited.
Description
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.
Required action
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
NVD reference index
Vendor and remediation references
NVD has tagged these sources as vendor advisories, patches, mitigations, or release notes.
- https://www.sudo.ws/releases/changelog/ ↗
- https://www.sudo.ws/security/advisories/ ↗
- https://www.sudo.ws/security/advisories/chroot_bug/ ↗
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-32463-mitigate-sudo-vulnerability ↗
Other NVD references (13)
- 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 ↗
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-32463.html ↗
- https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2025/suse-su-202502177-1/ ↗
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-32463-detect-sudo-vulnerability ↗
- https://iototsecnews.jp/2025/07/01/linux-sudo-chroot-vulnerability-enables-hackers-to-elevate-privileges-to-root/ ↗
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-32463 ↗
MITRE CWE context
CWE classification
The product imports, requires, or includes executable functionality (such as a library) from a source that is outside of the intended control sphere.
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NVD record timeline
These dates describe NVD’s record, not CISA’s KEV addition or remediation due date.
- NVD published
- Jun 30, 2025, 09:15 PM UTC When NVD first published this CVE record.
- NVD last updated
- Jun 17, 2026, 09:12 AM UTC When NVD last changed its analysis or record data.
Advanced: view the technical CVSS vector
This standardized code is intended for security tools and technical analysts. The plain-language risk summary above explains its main points.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA notes
This vulnerability could affect an open-source component, third-party library, protocol, or proprietary implementation that could be used by different products. For more information, please see: https://www.sudo.ws/security/advisories/chroot_bug/ ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-32463