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CVE-2025-32463

Sudo Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere Vulnerability

Sudo SudoIdentity & access
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CVSS
9.3Critical
ExploitationExploited in the wildAdded to KEV 29 Sep 2025CISA KEV
Exploit odds (EPSS)55.5%Chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 99% of CVEs. Scored 23 Oct 2026FIRST EPSS
Fixed in1.9.17p1Fixed versionCVE List
Federal deadline20 Oct 2025Remediation due date for US federal agenciesCISA KEV
CISA required actionApply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. CISA KEV

What fixes it

A fixed version on one release line is not the upgrade target for every line. Check your exact version and any vendor backports.

Timeline

  1. 30 Jun 2025, 00:00 UTCPublishedCVE List
  2. 30 Jun 2025Exploit code publicMetasploit
  3. 29 Sep 2025Added to CISA KEVCISA KEV

Public exploit code and templates 2

  • Exploit moduleSudo Chroot 1.9.17 Privilege Escalation 30 Jun 2025Metasploit
  • Local exploitSudo chroot 1.9.17 - Local Privilege Escalation 8 Jul 2025Exploit-DB

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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.

Text from CVE List

Affected versions 1

  • Sudoaffected: 1.9.14 before 1.9.17p1CVE List

References 18