CVE-2025-32463
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.
CISA KEV
- Vendor
- Sudo
- Product
- Sudo
- Due date
- 2025-10-20
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: cisa-kev — 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
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-32463
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-32463.html
Exploits
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 0 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 0 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1.9.16p2-3 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1.9.16p2-3 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1.9.16p2-3 |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-32463.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-32463
- 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
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.