CVE-2025-32463

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

30/06/2025

Last modified:

03/07/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.30 CRITICAL
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Changed
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

9.30

Severity 3.x

CRITICAL

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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.stratascale.com/vulnerability-alert-CVE-2025-32463-sudo-chroot
https://www.sudo.ws/releases/changelog/
https://www.sudo.ws/security/advisories/
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-32463.html
https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2025/suse-su-202502177-1/