CVE-2025-32462

HIGHNVD 8.82.8▼
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 2.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: LOW) published 2025-06-30. NVD baseline CVSS 2.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Elevated
8.8
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 3%CVSS: 8.8Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

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.

CVSS v3
8.8
EG Score
2.8(medium)
EPSS
87.2%
KEV
Not listed

Published

June 30, 2025

Last Modified

July 14, 2026

Advisory Details (9)

Auto-updated Jul 14, 2026
⚠️ Active exploitation confirmed. Patch available. Sources: redhat, ubuntu.
generic

ChangeLog | Sudo

https://www.sudo.ws/releases/changelog/
generic🔴 Active Exploitation

Sudo LPE Vulnerabilities Resolved: What You Need to Know About CVE-202 | SecPod

https://www.secpod.com/blog/sudo-lpe-vulnerabilities-resolved-what-you-need-to-know-about-cve-2025-32462-and-cve-2025-32463/
generic

oss-security - CVE-2025-32462: sudo local privilege escalation via host option

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/06/30/2
ubuntu Patch Available

USN-7604-1: Sudo vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu

Affected: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.10, and

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7604-1
generic

CVE-2025-32462

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-32462
generic

[SECURITY] [DSA 5954-1] sudo security update

https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2025/msg00118.html
generic

CVE-2025-32462

https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2025-32462.html
generic

959314 – (CVE-2025-32462, CVE-2025-32463) <app-admin/sudo-1.9.17_p1: two local privilege escalation vulnerabilities

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2025-32462
redhat Patch Available

cve-details

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2025-32462

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2025-32462(18)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(21)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntusudo-ldap (1.9.9-1ubuntu2.5) @ jammy2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntusudo-ldap (1.8.16-0ubuntu1.10+esm3) @ xenial2026-05-30ubuntu
redhatrhcos-413.92.202509030117-02025-09-18redhat
redhatrhcos-414.92.202508041909-02025-08-14redhat
redhatrhcos-415.92.202507301737-02025-08-07redhat
redhatrhcos-417.94.202507291008-02025-08-07redhat
redhatrhcos-412.86.202507280202-02025-08-07redhat
redhatsudo-0:1.9.15-8.p5.el10_0.22025-07-22redhat
redhatrhcos-418.94.202507091512-02025-07-17redhat
redhatrhcos-416.94.202507100308-02025-07-17redhat
redhatrhcos-4.19.9.6.202507081759-02025-07-16redhat
redhatsudo-0:1.8.23-10.el7_9.42025-07-14redhat
redhatsudo-0:1.9.5p2-7.el9_0.52025-07-14redhat
redhatsudo-0:1.9.5p2-1.el8_8.12025-07-14redhat
redhatsudo-0:1.9.5p2-9.el9_2.32025-07-10redhat
redhatsudo-0:1.9.5p2-10.el9_4.12025-07-09redhat
redhatsudo-0:1.9.5p2-1.el8_6.12025-07-07redhat
redhatsudo-0:1.8.29-5.el8_2.32025-07-07redhat
redhatsudo-0:1.8.29-7.el8_4.32025-07-07redhat
redhatsudo-0:1.9.5p2-1.el8_10.12025-07-01redhat
redhatsudo-0:1.9.5p2-10.el9_6.12025-06-30redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Additional Vendor Advisories

(5)

Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 14× in last 7d / 48× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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  15. 2026-07-14 13:19 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 8.8 · severity → HIGH
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  56. 2026-05-30 02:49 UTCVendor advisory
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Publicly available exploits

(6 references)

Working exploit code is in the public domain (5 GitHub PoCs) (1 Exploit-DB entry). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.

  • GitHub PoCyonathanpy/CVE-2025-32462-CVE-2025-32463-PoC-Lab
    First seen Mar 5, 2026
    Open source ↗
  • Exploit-DBEDB-52354
    First seen Jul 8, 2025

    Sudo 1.9.17 Host Option - Elevation of Privilege

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCMAAYTHM/CVE-2025-32462_32463-Lab
    First seen Jul 7, 2025

    Docker PoC for CVE-2025-32462 & CVE-2025-32463 (sudo), based on Stratascale CRU research.

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCSpongeBob-369/cve-2025-32462
    First seen Jul 5, 2025

    cve-2025-32462' demo

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoC0p5cur/CVE-2025-32462-POC
    First seen Jul 4, 2025

    🔓 Local privilege escalation PoC for CVE-2025-32462 (sudo -h bypass) – gain root via misconfigured sudoers

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCCryingN/CVE-2025-32462
    First seen Jul 3, 2025

    A easy sudo poc by cryingn.

    Open source ↗

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2025-32462?
CVE-2025-32462 is a high vulnerability published on June 30, 2025. 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.
When was CVE-2025-32462 disclosed?
CVE-2025-32462 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on June 30, 2025, with the most recent update on July 14, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2025-32462 actively exploited?
CVE-2025-32462 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 87.2% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-32462?
CVE-2025-32462 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (NVD). EchelonGraph synthesises NVD + CISA KEV + FIRST EPSS + GHSA into a combined EG score of 2.8.
How do I remediate CVE-2025-32462?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2025-32462, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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