CVE-2025-32462VulnerabilityPublished 30 Jun 2025Updated 11 Oct 2026

SUSE · security update for sudo

Affects SUSESource GCVE Database

Authoritative record:CVE-2025-32462· Low 2.8

Not known to be exploited · public exploit available (Exploit-DB) · CVSS 2.8 Low · fixed in 9.8.1 : patch SUSE as a priority.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 06:26 UTC

CVSS base score

2.8Low

How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

EPSS: 4.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 91% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch: Available – fixed in 9.8.1, 9.8, 9.6.1 +2

Exploitation evidence

t = 0 is the CVE’s publication on cve.org

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 30 Jun 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: evidence found.
1 Exploit-DB entry, 8 days after disclosure
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

CVE ID reserved
by mitre
2025-04-09, 82 days before disclosure
CVE published
on cve.org
2025-06-30, t = 0
In Threat Radar
record ingested
2025-06-3020:39Z, the same day as disclosure
First Exploit-DB entry (opens in a new tab)
Sudo 1.9.17 Host Option - Elevation of Privilege
2025-07-08, 8 days after disclosure

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-26.

Disclosed: The CVE record is public on cve.org. Its publication is t = 0.
Detectable: A public nuclei template can find exposed instances, for defenders and attackers alike.
Weaponised: Public exploit code exists in Metasploit or Exploit-DB, or CISA SSVC reports a public proof of concept.
Exploited in the wild: CISA KEV lists it, CISA SSVC rates exploitation active, or a source reports attacks.
Observed by OffSeq Mirage: OffSeq Mirage honeypot sensors recorded attack traffic for this CVE, or found exposed hosts without attack traffic.

Moments are spaced evenly, not to scale; a dashed line marks a gap of six months or more. Deltas count from t = 0. Sources that give only a date (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, or a time of exactly 00:00Z) read “same day” rather than hours. Metasploit modules carry the flaw’s disclosure date, not their release date, and nuclei templates carry no date, so both appear above but not on the timeline.

What to do

Upgrade to a fixed release listed under Affected software.

Affected software

Product	Affected	Fixed in
Red Hatredhat/sudo`pkg:rpm/redhat/sudo`Other threats	Affected <9.0.0 <9.6 <9.6.1 <9.8 <9.8.1	Fixed in 9.0.0 9.6 9.6.1 9.8 9.8.1

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AI-suggested

Red Hat has released updated sudo packages that address this vulnerability. Users should apply the security update as described in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:10110 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. Applying this update will remediate the vulnerability. No additional mitigation steps are indicated or required beyond applying the official patch.

Description

The sudo packages contain the sudo utility which allows system administrators to provide certain users with the permission to execute privileged commands, which are used for system management purposes, without having to log in as root. Security Fix(es): * sudo: LPE via host option (CVE-2025-32462) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a local user to escalate privileges on the affected system, potentially gaining unauthorized administrative access. This could lead to unauthorized system management actions. There are no known exploits in the wild at the time of the advisory. The impact is limited to systems running affected versions of sudo on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

Summary

The sudo utility in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 contains a local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability identified as CVE-2025-32462, related to the host option. This vulnerability allows certain users to execute privileged commands without proper authorization escalation controls. Red Hat has released updated sudo packages (version 1.9.5p2-1.el8_10.1) that fix this issue across multiple supported architectures. The advisory is classified as Important, and the vulnerability is associated with CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization). No CVSS score is provided in the advisory, but the severity is considered high based on Red Hat's rating.

CWE-863Incorrect Authorization (opens in a new tab)
Class weaknessLikelihood of exploit: HighCWE Top 25 (2025): #17OWASP Top 10 A01:2025: Broken Access Control (opens in a new tab)
The product performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check.
Architecture and Design
Divide the product into anonymous, normal, privileged, and administrative areas. Reduce the attack surface by carefully mapping roles with data and functionality. Use role-based access control (RBAC) to enforce the roles at the appropriate boundaries.
Architecture and Design
Ensure that access control checks are performed related to the business logic. These checks may be different than the access control checks that are applied to more generic resources such as files, connections, processes, memory, and database records.
Architecture and Design · Libraries or Frameworks
Use a vetted library or framework that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid.
OWASP Cheat Sheets
Authorization (opens in a new tab)
OWASP ASVS 4.0.3
V8.3.8 (opens in a new tab)
V13.4.2 (opens in a new tab)
V7.2.2 (opens in a new tab)
From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

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Description

AI analysisMachine-generated, updated 12 Jul 2026, 11:26 UTC

Public exploits and detection1 Exploit-DB entry

WeaknessesCWE-863

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