Low severity2.8NVD Advisory· Published Jun 30, 2025· Updated Jul 14, 2026
CVE-2025-32462
CVE-2025-32462
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.
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Affected products
41<1.9.17p1+ 3 more
- (no CPE)range: <1.9.17p1
- (no CPE)range: 1.8.8
- cpe:2.3:a:sudo_project:sudo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <1.9.17
- cpe:2.3:a:sudo_project:sudo:1.9.17:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
- osv-coords37 versionspkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP5-ESPOSpkg:apk/wolfi/sudo-devpkg:apk/chainguard/sudopkg:apk/chainguard/sudo-devpkg:apk/chainguard/sudo-docpkg:apk/chainguard/sudo-doc-extrapkg:apk/wolfi/sudopkg:apk/wolfi/sudo-docpkg:apk/wolfi/sudo-doc-extrapkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20LTSS%20Extended%20Security%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.1pkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.2pkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.3pkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.4pkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Proxy%204.3pkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Server%204.3pkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.5pkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP5-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP5-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%207.1pkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP4-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.1pkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.0pkg:rpm/almalinux/sudopkg:rpm/almalinux/sudo-python-pluginpkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP6pkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP7pkg:rpm/opensuse/sudo&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6pkg:rpm/opensuse/sudo&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed
< 1.9.12p1-150500.7.13.1+ 36 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1.9.12p1-150500.7.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.9.17-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 1.9.17-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 1.9.17-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 1.9.17-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 1.9.17-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 1.9.17-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 1.9.17-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 1.9.17-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.27-4.54.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.27-4.54.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.9.5p2-150300.3.36.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.9.5p2-150300.3.36.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.9.5p2-150300.3.36.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.9.5p2-150300.3.36.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.9.5p2-150300.3.36.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.9.9-150400.4.39.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.9.9-150400.4.39.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.9.9-150400.4.39.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.9.9-150400.4.39.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.9.9-150400.4.39.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.9.9-150400.4.39.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.9.12p1-150500.7.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.9.12p1-150500.7.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.9.12p1-150500.7.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.9.12p1-150500.7.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.9.5p2-150300.3.36.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.9.9-150400.4.39.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.9.9-150400.4.39.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.9.15p5-slfo.1.1_2.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.9.15p5-2.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.9.5p2-1.el8_10.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.9.15-8.p5.el10_0.2
- (no CPE)range: < 1.9.15p5-150600.3.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.9.15p5-150600.3.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.9.15p5-150600.3.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.9.17p1-1.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
15- www.stratascale.com/vulnerability-alert-CVE-2025-32462-sudo-hostnvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/06/30/2nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.secpod.com/blog/sudo-lpe-vulnerabilities-resolved-what-you-need-to-know-about-cve-2025-32462-and-cve-2025-32463/nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.sudo.ws/security/advisories/nvdVendor Advisory
- www.sudo.ws/releases/changelog/nvdRelease Notes
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2025-32462nvd
- bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cginvd
- cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-585531.htmlnvd
- explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2025-32462.htmlnvd
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/06/msg00033.htmlnvd
- lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2025/msg00118.htmlnvd
- security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-32462nvd
- ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7604-1nvd
- www.sudo.ws/security/advisories/host_any/nvd
- www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-32462.htmlnvd
News mentions
1- Siemens SIDIS Secured SmartPlugCISA Alerts