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CISA KEV High exploit reference

CVE-2025-32463 — Sudo Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere Vulnerability

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.

Published Jun 30, 2025 · Updated Oct 13, 2026 · Sources: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP, GitHub Security Advisories, NIST National Vulnerability Database · CNA: mitre

Who exploits it and how urgent it is

A 0–100 score combining confirmed exploitation, ransomware and APT use, public exploits, EPSS and severity.

How the score was calculated
  • Confirmed exploitation (CISA KEV)+35
  • Public exploit/PoC (metasploit, exploitdb, github)+20
  • EPSS 55.5% (30-day exploitation probability)+15
  • Technical severity (high)+6

The score orders the patch queue; it does not replace your asset context (internet exposure, criticality, compensating controls).

Triage

Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the sources call it.

Exploitation
Confirmed
CISA KEV, listed Sep 29, 2025
EPSS FIRST
55.5%
ahead of 99% of scored CVEs · Oct 14, 2026
Affects
Canonical
Ubuntu Linux and 7 more
CVSS base
7.8
High · 4 source(s)
Prioritization reference: 9.3 provisional

CISA SSVC assessment CISA

Three decision points CISA publishes for the CVEs it assesses (SSVC 2.0.3). A stakeholder decision, not a severity score.

Exploitation
Active
none · proof-of-concept · active
Automatable
No
can an attacker script the kill-chain steps
Technical impact
Total
partial · total control of the vulnerable component

Remediation

Fixes and mitigations documented by the sources — linked to the original advisory.

  • Documented mitigation — www.vicarius.io (NIST National Vulnerability Database)

CISA required action CISA

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

US federal deadline: Oct 20, 2025 — passed 360 day(s) ago

First 24 hours

Ordered from the record’s own fields — exposure first, because you cannot patch what you have not found. A rule-generated starting point.

  1. Identify exposed assets running the affected vendor/product/version combinations (Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Opensuse Leap…).
  2. Treat as emergency remediation: the CVE is in CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
  3. Apply the documented mitigations until a definitive fix is available.
  4. EPSS ahead of 99% of scored CVEs: prioritize it in the patch queue.
  5. Search available logs for exploit probes, errors and authentication anomalies.

Affected scope

Vendor, product and versions as the sources word them.

VendorProductVersionsStatusSource
Canonical Ubuntu Linux version 22.04version 24.04version 24.10version 25.04 Vulnerable NIST National Vulnerability Database
Debian Debian Linux version 11.0version 12.0version 13.0 Vulnerable NIST National Vulnerability Database
Opensuse Leap version 15.6 Vulnerable NIST National Vulnerability Database
Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 10.0 Vulnerable NIST National Vulnerability Database
Sudo project Sudo version 1.9.17≥ 1.9.14 and < 1.9.17 Vulnerable NIST National Vulnerability Database
Sudo project Sudo ≥ 1.9.14 and < 1.9.17p1 Vulnerable CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop version 15-sp7version 15-sp6 Vulnerable NIST National Vulnerability Database
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time version 15.0-sp7version 15.0-sp6version 15.0-sp2 Vulnerable NIST National Vulnerability Database
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server For Sap version 12-sp6version 12-sp7 Vulnerable NIST National Vulnerability Database

Attack characteristics

The CVSS vector, decoded. It describes the attack, not your exposure to it.

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Every base score collected

Sources score independently and may disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.

ScoreVersionSeverityExpl.ImpactScored by
9.3 CVSS 3.1 Critical 2.5 6.0 cve@mitre.org via NIST National Vulnerability Database
9.3 CVSS 3.1 Critical — — GitHub, Inc. via GitHub Security Advisories
9.3 CVSS 3.1 Critical — — mitre via CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
7.8 CVSS 3.1 High 1.8 5.9 nvd@nist.gov via NIST National Vulnerability Database
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H (score shown at the top: nvd@nist.gov)
Scoring entities (NIST, CNA, ADP) score independently; each score is shown with its origin. For prioritization we use 9.3 (cve@mitre.org via NIST National Vulnerability Database) as a conservative provisional reference — not a definitive official score.

Weakness MITRE

Weakness class according to MITRE’s CWE catalog.

CWE-829

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CISA KEV details CISA

CISA lists a CVE once it has evidence of exploitation against real targets.

Listed
Sep 29, 2025
Federal deadline
Oct 20, 2025
passed 360 day(s) ago
Ransomware use
Unknown

CISA records ransomware use only for campaigns it has confirmed, so “Unknown” means unrecorded, not ruled out. The deadline binds US federal agencies; for everyone else it is a reference date.

Public exploits, PoCs and detection templates

Public code that demonstrates or tests the flaw raises the odds of mass exploitation — and Nuclei templates help find vulnerable assets in your environment.

Metasploit modules

Warning: public PoCs are sometimes disguised malware. Use them only for authorized testing in an isolated environment. This portal does not host exploit code — it only points to the sources.

EPSS over time FIRST

Oct 12, 2026 → Oct 14, 2026 · 3 reading(s) · max 55.50%

Detection

Read off the CVSS vector and the weakness class. Starting points, not tested rules.

  • Local/physical vector: focus on endpoint telemetry (EDR) from affected hosts.
  • Hunt retroactively in logs from before Sep 29, 2025 (KEV listing): exploitation may have started earlier.
endpoint telemetry (EDR)

Timeline

What happened to this CVE, newest first.

  • 2026
  • Fix documented
    Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
  • Affected products added · sudo project/sudo, canonical/ubuntu linux, debian/debian linux, opensuse/leap, redhat/enterprise linux, suse/linux enter
    Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
  • CVSS changed · 9.3 → 7.8
    Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
  • Source status changed · Published → Analyzed
    Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
  • Record published
    Oct 13, 2026
  • Affected products added · sudo project/sudo
    Oct 13, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
  • CVSS changed · 9.3
    Oct 13, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
  • Source status changed · → Published
    Oct 13, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
  • SSVC assessment updated
    Oct 13, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
  • Added to CISA KEV (detected)
    Oct 13, 2026 · CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities
  • Record created in this database
    Oct 13, 2026 · CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities
  • 2025
  • Added to CISA KEV catalog
    Sep 28, 2025 · CISA
  • CVE published
    Jun 30, 2025 · mitre

Source activity

Repeated readings are counted rather than listed.

  • 3× References added · Oct 13, 2026 – Oct 13, 2026
  • 1× Official description updated · Oct 13, 2026 – Oct 13, 2026

References

25 on the record

Elsewhere on this site

Canonical
every CVE for this vendor
2025-09
what else CISA listed that month
CWE-829
other pages naming this weakness

Related CVEs (same products)

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  • Medium CVE-2026-104046 Sssd: sssd: denial of service via incomplete identity provider authentication requests 8d
  • High CVE-2026-104048 Sssd: sssd: authorization bypass via cross-domain username collision in hbac evaluation 8d
  • Medium CVE-2026-104047 Sssd: sssd: information disclosure via query injection in entra id lookups 8d
  • High CVE-2026-102558 Libsoup: libsoup: heap buffer overflow during websocket receive-buffer growth 15d
  • High CVE-2026-102555 Libsoup: libsoup: heap buffer overflow via uninitialized length in data-uri base64 decoding 15d

Not in any source we poll

Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.

  • No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
  • No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
  • No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.

Answered from this record

Text assembled only from the fields above — no additional claims.

What should defenders know first?

CVE-2025-32463 is "Sudo Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere Vulnerability", rated High. It affects Ubuntu Linux (Canonical); versions are in the scope table. It is in CISA KEV: there is evidence of real-world exploitation. CVSS 7.8 describes technical severity. EPSS 55.50% estimates the probability of exploitation in 30 days; neither replaces your asset context. First verify whether exposed or business-critical assets run the affected versions, apply vendor fixes or mitigations, and preserve logs for review.

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