Reference page — cumulative record through Sunday, October 4, 2026 UTC. Reference pages update as the archive grows; only dated daily editions are immutable pages of record.

CVE-2025-32463

CVE-2025-32463CRITICAL

Sudo Sudo

  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   L   L   N   N  C  H  H  H    9.3   .5550   99.0   YES

AFFECTED
  Product  Versions  Fixed
  Sudo     1.9.14 –  —

TIMELINE
  Apr 9   Reserved by mitre
  Jun 30  Published (CNA: mitre)
  Sep 29  Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2025-10-20

CWE-829 · CNA: mitre · CVSS v3.1 · 17 references · KEV due October 20, 2025

Description

Sudo before 1.9.17p1 allows local users to obtain root access because /etc/nsswitch.conf from a user-controlled directory is used with the --chroot option.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
Date	Event	Detail
April 9, 2025	Reserved	Reserved by mitre
June 30, 2025	Published	Published (CNA: mitre)
September 29, 2025	KEV ADDED	Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2025-10-20

Affected

Affected products and packages — 1 row
Vendor	Product / Package	Ecosystem	Version introduced	Fixed
Sudo project	Sudo	—	1.9.14	—

Weaknesses

CWE-829

References (17)

Authoritative record: CVE-2025-32463 at cve.org

Vendors: sudo project

Weaknesses: CWE-829

About this page

This is a reference page, not a dated page of record. It assembles the complete lifecycle of CVE-2025-32463 from the CVE Program record, NVD enrichment, the CISA KEV catalog, EPSS, and OSV advisories. The box score's numbers (CVSS, EPSS, KEV status) are current as of Sunday, October 4, 2026 UTC and are re-derived as the archive grows; only dated daily editions are immutable pages of record. The authoritative source for this identifier is cve.org.