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CVE-2025-32462

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2025-06-30 · updated 2026-07-14
• Weakness: CWE-863

Description

Sudo before 1.9.17p1, when used with a sudoers file that specifies a host that is neither the current host nor ALL, allows listed users to execute commands on unintended machines.

Affected products

• sudo: before 1.9.17; 1.9.17 — fixed in 1.9.17

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: sudo 1.9.17. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2025-32462
• https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2025-32462
• https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2025-32462.html
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2025/msg00118.html
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-32462
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7604-1
• https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/06/30/2
• 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-2025-32462-sudo-host
• https://www.sudo.ws/releases/changelog/
• https://www.sudo.ws/security/advisories/
• https://www.sudo.ws/security/advisories/host_any/

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