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CRITICAL SEVERITY
CVE-2025-32463 Sudo · Sudo

Sudo Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere Vulnerability

Technical Severity

CVSS v3.1 Metrics

CRITICAL
9.3 / 10
Minimal Risk Critical
Vector Specification
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploitation Likelihood

EPSS Prediction

20.77 %
Predictive Probability
Percentile Rank
95.5 th

Documented as more likely to be exploited than 95.5% of known CVEs.

Detection Date

Sep 29, 2025

Remediation Due

Oct 20, 2025

CISA Catalog Active

Threat Analysis

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.

Remediation Directive

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

External Intelligence

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/
NVD

National Vulnerability Database

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-32463