Exploitation evidence
Known exploited · CISA KEV listed
Added 2025-09-29. Ransomware campaign use: Unknown.
CISA 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.
CISA due date: 2025-10-20. This is the catalog’s deadline, not an assessment of your organization’s exposure.
KEV checked 13 Nov 2026, 00:20 Jerusalem · Original catalog ↗Reported products and versions
Sudo project / Sudo
Default status: unaffected
- affected: 1.9.14 to < 1.9.17p1 (custom)
Fixes and workarounds
No explicit solution text in the downloaded CVE record. Consult the vendor advisory; unaffected version ranges are shown above as reported, not inferred as a patch recommendation.
Sources and related reporting
CVE Program record ↗ · Download tracked evidence as JSON
- https://www.sudo.ws/security/advisories/
- https://www.sudo.ws/releases/changelog/
- https://www.stratascale.com/vulnerability-alert-CVE-2025-32463-sudo-chroot
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/06/30/3
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2025-32463
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7604-1
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-32463
- https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2025-32463.html
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2025-32463
- https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2025/suse-su-202502177-1/
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-32463.html
- https://www.secpod.com/blog/sudo-lpe-vulnerabilities-resolved-what-you-need-to-know-about-cve-2025-32462-and-cve-2025-32463/
- https://www.sudo.ws/security/advisories/chroot_bug/
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-32463-detect-sudo-vulnerability
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-32463-mitigate-sudo-vulnerability
- https://iototsecnews.jp/2025/07/01/linux-sudo-chroot-vulnerability-enables-hackers-to-elevate-privileges-to-root/
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-32463
Observed change timeline
History begins when Egret first downloads each source. It is not the complete upstream CVE history.
12 Nov 2026, 18:20 Jerusalem · EPSS observation updated
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}03 Nov 2026, 18:20 Jerusalem · CVE Program record changed
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