CVE-2025-32462
CVE-2025-32462 Vulnerability Analysis & Exploit Intelligence
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.
Published Updated Sources: cvelistV5, mitre
Triage
Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the scoring sources call it.
Exploitation
Exploit code
public exploit, none observed
EPSS
4%
chance of exploitation in 30 days
CVSS base
2.8
LOW
CISA SSVC assessment
Three decision points CISA publishes for the CVEs it assesses · SSVC 2.0.3. A stakeholder decision, not a severity score.
Exploitation
None
none · proof-of-concept · active
Automatable
No
can an attacker script all four kill-chain steps
Technical impact
Partial
partial · total control of the vulnerable component
Affected scope
The catalog records vendors and products as separate lists, not pairs, so which product belongs to which vendor is not something this page can say.
Vendors (2)
Products (2)
Every base score collected
Sources score independently and disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.
| Score | Version | Severity | Expl. | Impact | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.8 | CVSS 3.1 | LOW | — | — | cvelistV5 |
Weakness & attack patterns
- CWE-863
Public exploit
Capability, not use: code existing is a different claim from anyone running it.
Indexed by
References
15 on the record
- www.sudo.ws/security/advisories/
reference
- www.sudo.ws/releases/changelog/
reference
- www.stratascale.com/vulnerability-alert-CVE-2025-32462-sudo-host
reference
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/06/30/2
reference
- ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7604-1
reference
- www.secpod.com/blog/sudo-lpe-vulnerabilities-resolved-what-you-need-to-know-about-cve-2025-32462-and-cve-2025-32463/
reference
- www.sudo.ws/security/advisories/host_any/
reference
- lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2025/msg00118.html
reference
Elsewhere on this site
- sudo projectevery CVE for this vendor
- siemensevery CVE for this vendor
- CWE-863other pages naming this weakness
Not in any source we poll
Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.
- No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
- No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
- No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.