CVE-2025-32462

Publication date 30 June 2025

Last updated 2 July 2025


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

2.8 · Low

Score breakdown

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

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

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Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 2.8 · Low

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

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