CVE-2025-32462

Publication date 30 June 2025

Last updated 2 July 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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.

Why is this CVE high priority?

Allows local privilege escalation

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Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
sudo	25.04 plucky	Fixed 1.9.16p2-1ubuntu1.1
	24.10 oracular	Fixed 1.9.15p5-3ubuntu5.24.10.1
	24.04 LTS noble	Fixed 1.9.15p5-3ubuntu5.24.04.1
	22.04 LTS jammy	Fixed 1.9.9-1ubuntu2.5
	20.04 LTS focal	Fixed 1.8.31-1ubuntu1.5+esm1
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 1.8.21p2-3ubuntu1.6+esm1
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 1.8.16-0ubuntu1.10+esm3
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 1.8.9p5-1ubuntu1.5+esm8

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Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 2.8 · Low

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	High
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Scope	Changed
Confidentiality impact	None
Integrity impact	Low
Availability impact	None

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	2.8 · Low
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-7604-2
Sudo vulnerability
30 June 2025

USN-7604-1
Sudo vulnerabilities
30 June 2025