Sudo local privilege escalation vulnerabilities fixed (CVE-2025-32462, CVE-2025-32463)
Vulnerabilities mentioned
All| CVE | Vulnerability | CVSS | EPSS | Signals | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CVE-2025-32463+1 related CVE | Local Privilege Escalation to Root in Sudo via Untrusted nsswitch.conf with --chroot | 7.8 group max | 56% | KEVPoC ×5 | KEV |
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If you haven’t recently updated the Sudo utility on your Linux box(es), you should do so now, to patch two local privilege escalation vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-32462, CVE-2025-32463) that have been disclosed on Monday. Sudo is command-line utility in Unix-like operating systems that allows a low-privilege user to execute a command as another user, typically the root/administrator user.
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