CVE-2025-32463

Sudo Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere Vulnerability

Sudo — Sudo

Added to KEV catalog: 29 September 2025
Federal remediation due date: 20 October 2025
Weakness classification (CWE): CWE-829

CISA Description

Sudo contains an inclusion of functionality from untrusted control sphere vulnerability. This vulnerability could allow local attacker to leverage sudo’s -R (--chroot) option to run arbitrary commands as root, even if they are not listed in the sudoers file.

Required action

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

Notes

This vulnerability could affect an open-source component, third-party library, protocol, or proprietary implementation that could be used by different products. For more information, please see: https://www.sudo.ws/security/advisories/chroot_bug/ ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-32463

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