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alsa-2025:11537

Vulnerability from osv_almalinux

Published

2025-07-22 00:00

Modified

2025-07-24 09:20

Summary

Important: sudo security update

Details

The sudo packages contain the sudo utility which allows system administrators to provide certain users with the permission to execute privileged commands, which are used for system management purposes, without having to log in as root.

Security Fix(es):

sudo: LPE via host option (CVE-2025-32462)
sudo: LPE via chroot option (CVE-2025-32463)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

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  "modified": "2025-07-24T09:20:42Z",
  "published": "2025-07-22T00:00:00Z",
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    },
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      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2374692"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2374693"
    },
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CVE-2025-32462 (GCVE-0-2025-32462)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-06-30 00:00 – Updated: 2025-11-03 19:53

Summary

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.

Severity ?

2.8 (Low)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N

CWE

CWE-863 - Incorrect Authorization

Assigner

mitre

References

URL

Tags

	https://www.sudo.ws/security/advisories/
	https://www.sudo.ws/releases/changelog/
	https://www.stratascale.com/vulnerability-alert-C…
	https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/…
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7604-1
	https://www.secpod.com/blog/sudo-lpe-vulnerabilit…
	https://www.sudo.ws/security/advisories/host_any/
	https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce…
	https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2025-32462.html
	https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2025-32462
	https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2…
	https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-32462.html
	https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2025-32462

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Sudo project	Sudo	Affected: 1.8.8 , < 1.9.17p1 (custom)

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CVE-2025-32463 (GCVE-0-2025-32463)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-06-30 00:00 – Updated: 2026-02-26 17:50

Summary

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.

Severity ?

9.3 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE-829 - Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere

Assigner

mitre

References

URL

Tags

	https://www.sudo.ws/security/advisories/
	https://www.sudo.ws/releases/changelog/
	https://www.stratascale.com/vulnerability-alert-C…
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	https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2025-32463
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7604-1
	https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2…
	https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2025-32463.html
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	https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/…
	https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-32463.html
	https://www.secpod.com/blog/sudo-lpe-vulnerabilit…
	https://www.sudo.ws/security/advisories/chroot_bug/
	https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-3…
	https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-3…

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Sudo project	Sudo	Affected: 1.9.14 , < 1.9.17p1 (custom)

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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alsa-2025:11537

Vulnerability from osv_almalinux

CVE-2025-32462 (GCVE-0-2025-32462)

CVE-2025-32463 (GCVE-0-2025-32463)

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