CVE-2025-32462 Missing authorization in Sudo
Low 2.8
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-32462 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2025-32462 is a low-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Sudo, published on 30 Jun 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-32462 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Sudo. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-32462/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-32462/index.md)
Attackers can execute commands on unintended machines if sudoers restricts hosts incorrectly, leading to privilege escalation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-32462?
CVE-2025-32462 is a low-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Sudo, published on 30 Jun 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-863
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-32462?
It affects 1 product.
Linux distribution packages (40)
sudo AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 1.9.5p2-1.el8_10.1 |
sudo AlmaLinux:9 | All versions | 1.9.5p2-10.el9_6.1 |
sudo-python-plugin AlmaLinux:9 | All versions | 1.9.5p2-10.el9_6.1 |
sudo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos | All versions | 0:1.9.5p2-1.el8_10.1 |
sudo-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos | All versions | 0:1.9.5p2-1.el8_10.1 |
sudo-debugsource Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos | All versions | 0:1.9.5p2-1.el8_10.1 |
sudo-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 0:1.9.5p2-10.el9_6.1 |
sudo-debugsource Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 0:1.9.5p2-10.el9_6.1 |
sudo-python-plugin Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 0:1.9.5p2-10.el9_6.1 |
sudo-python-plugin-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 0:1.9.5p2-10.el9_6.1 |
sudo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos | All versions | 0:1.9.5p2-10.el9_6.1 |
sudo-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos | All versions | 0:1.9.5p2-10.el9_6.1 |
sudo-debugsource Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos | All versions | 0:1.9.5p2-10.el9_6.1 |
sudo-python-plugin-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos | All versions | 0:1.9.5p2-10.el9_6.1 |
sudo Red Hat:rhel_aus:8.2::baseos | All versions | 0:1.8.29-5.el8_2.3 |
sudo-debuginfo Red Hat:rhel_aus:8.2::baseos | All versions | 0:1.8.29-5.el8_2.3 |
sudo-debugsource Red Hat:rhel_aus:8.2::baseos | All versions | 0:1.8.29-5.el8_2.3 |
sudo Red Hat:rhel_aus:8.4::baseos | All versions | 0:1.8.29-7.el8_4.3 |
sudo-debuginfo Red Hat:rhel_aus:8.4::baseos | All versions | 0:1.8.29-7.el8_4.3 |
sudo-debugsource Red Hat:rhel_aus:8.4::baseos | All versions | 0:1.8.29-7.el8_4.3 |
sudo Red Hat:rhel_aus:8.6::baseos | All versions | 0:1.9.5p2-1.el8_6.1 |
sudo-debuginfo Red Hat:rhel_aus:8.6::baseos | All versions | 0:1.9.5p2-1.el8_6.1 |
sudo-debugsource Red Hat:rhel_aus:8.6::baseos | All versions | 0:1.9.5p2-1.el8_6.1 |
sudo Red Hat:rhel_e4s:8.6::baseos | All versions | 0:1.9.5p2-1.el8_6.1 |
sudo-debuginfo Red Hat:rhel_e4s:8.6::baseos | All versions | 0:1.9.5p2-1.el8_6.1 |
sudo-debugsource Red Hat:rhel_e4s:8.6::baseos | All versions | 0:1.9.5p2-1.el8_6.1 |
sudo Red Hat:rhel_e4s:8.8::baseos | All versions | 0:1.9.5p2-1.el8_8.1 |
sudo-debuginfo Red Hat:rhel_e4s:8.8::baseos | All versions | 0:1.9.5p2-1.el8_8.1 |
sudo-debugsource Red Hat:rhel_e4s:8.8::baseos | All versions | 0:1.9.5p2-1.el8_8.1 |
sudo-debuginfo Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.0::appstream | All versions | 0:1.9.5p2-7.el9_0.5 |
sudo-debugsource Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.0::appstream | All versions | 0:1.9.5p2-7.el9_0.5 |
sudo-python-plugin Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.0::appstream | All versions | 0:1.9.5p2-7.el9_0.5 |
sudo-python-plugin-debuginfo Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.0::appstream | All versions | 0:1.9.5p2-7.el9_0.5 |
sudo Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.0::baseos | All versions | 0:1.9.5p2-7.el9_0.5 |
sudo-debuginfo Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.0::baseos | All versions | 0:1.9.5p2-7.el9_0.5 |
sudo-debugsource Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.0::baseos | All versions | 0:1.9.5p2-7.el9_0.5 |
sudo-python-plugin-debuginfo Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.0::baseos | All versions | 0:1.9.5p2-7.el9_0.5 |
sudo-debuginfo Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.2::appstream | All versions | 0:1.9.5p2-9.el9_2.3 |
sudo-debugsource Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.2::appstream | All versions | 0:1.9.5p2-9.el9_2.3 |
sudo-python-plugin Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.2::appstream | All versions | 0:1.9.5p2-9.el9_2.3 |
Products include Sudo Project Sudo.
How do I fix CVE-2025-32462?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2025-32462 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-32462 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry and 11 proofs of concept on GitHub.
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Also known as ALSA-2025:10110, ALSA-2025:9978, AZL-64449, AZL-64461, BELL-CVE-2025-32462, CLSA-2025-1751893905 and 36 more.