CVE-2025-32462
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...
- Published
- Jun 30, 2025
- Updated
- Jul 14, 2026
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Evidence observed
- Jul 8, 2025
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 91.3%
- Model date
- Oct 17, 2026
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Summary
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.
Sources
🔓 Local privilege escalation PoC for CVE-2025-32462 (sudo -h bypass) – gain root via misconfigured sudoers
Docker PoC for CVE-2025-32462 & CVE-2025-32463 (sudo), based on Stratascale CRU research.
CVE-2025-32462 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability in sudo
PoC exploit for CVE-2025-32462, a sudo privilege escalation via hostname spoofing. Demonstrates bypassing hostname-based restrictions to gain root access on vulnerable systems (< 1.9.17).
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