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Known exploitedIn CISA's KEV catalog since 29 September 2025Ransomware use: unknown
Sudo Sudo

CVE-2025-32463: Sudo Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere Vulnerability

Is it exploited?

Yes. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 29 Sep 2025, 91 days after the CVE record was published.

How likely is exploitation in the next 30 days?
55.5%

EPSS score, percentile 99 of all scored records

How severe?
9.3 Critical

CVSS v3.1 base score, given by the CNA

What should I do?

CISA deadline 20 Oct 2025. Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

The CVE record links no vendor advisory, patch or mitigation.

Which versions are affected?

Affected

  • from 1.9.14 to before 1.9.17p1

Versions by product

Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, 2026.10.28, as of 28 Oct 2026; FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), v2026.06.15, as of 28 Oct 2026; CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.

What to do

Required action, set by CISA

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

CISA due date for this action: 20 October 2025.

Advisories and patches

The CVE record links no vendor advisory, patch or mitigation.

Linked from CISA's catalog entry

Affected products and versions

As listed in the CVE record.

Sudo project Sudo
StatusVersions
Affectedfrom 1.9.14 to before 1.9.17p1

Versions not listed are: unaffected.

Source: CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.

About this vulnerability

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.

Summary: CISA's KEV catalog, as of 28 Oct 2026.

  • CISA added CVE-2025-32463 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog on 29 Sep 2025.
  • CISA's ransomware flag for this entry is "Unknown": no evidence of ransomware use in the catalog, which is not proof of none.
  • The due date CISA sets for the required action is 20 Oct 2025.
  • The CVE record was published on 30 Jun 2025, 91 days before it was added to KEV.
  • The CVE record carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.3 (Critical), given by its CNA.
  • FIRST's EPSS model puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 55.5% (percentile 99), as of 28 Oct 2026.
  • CISA's SSVC assessment in the CVE record: exploitation active, automatable no, technical impact total.

Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, 2026.10.28, as of 28 Oct 2026; CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026; FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), v2026.06.15, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.

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.

Source: CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.

Weakness

  • CWE-829: Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere

CWE and CAPEC are maintained by MITRE; the entries are those named in the CVE record and the KEV entry.

Timeline

DateEvent
30 Jun 2025CVE record published
29 Sep 2025Added to CISA KEV
20 Oct 2025CISA due date for the required action
26 Feb 2026CVE record last updated

References

3 more in the CVE record.

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  • CVE-2021-3156: Sudo Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (added 6 Apr 2022)