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Linux Users Urged to Patch Critical Sudo CVE
Vulnerabilities mentioned
All| CVE | Vulnerability | CVSS | EPSS | Signals | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2025-32463 | Local Privilege Escalation to Root in Sudo via Untrusted nsswitch.conf with --chroot | 7.8 | 56% | KEVPoC ×5 | KEV |
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2 min read at infosecurity-magazine.com
Security researchers have discovered a critical elevation of privilege (EoP) vulnerability in a popular Linux utility, and another that has been lying hidden for over a decade. Sudo is a privileged command-line tool installed on 99% of Linux servers and workstations, which means around 30-50 million endpoints in the US alone, according to security vendor Stratascale.
By Phil Muncaster · infosecurity-magazine.com
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