Exploitation reportedNot in CISA KEV yetFix available

CVE-2025-32462

Q: Is CVE-2025-32462 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2025-32462 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 4.5% on 2026-10-22, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Q: What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-32462?

CVE-2025-32462 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Exploitation reported by one source. First attested on 2025-07-12 by GCVE · kevintel.

Published2025-06-30
Fixed in1.9.17
WeaknessCWE-863

Am I affected?

With a domain, we read the version its public headers and pages expose. A distribution build can carry the fix under an older number.

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.

Timeline

dates in UTC

2025-06-3021:15CVE publishedNVD
2025-07-1217:37Listed as exploited by GCVEGCVE
2025-07-1217:37Exploitation first reportedGCVE

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 18:48 UTC

Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days

Block these indicators

Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2025-32462?format=txt
CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2025-32462?format=csv
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Versions per branch

NVD

Sudo project sudo

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
1.9	< 1.9.17	1.9.17	NVD
1.9	= 1.9.17	no fix published	NVD

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Packages

sudoAlmaLinux:10all versions · fixed in 1.9.15-8.p5.el10_0.2and 1 other package
sudoAlmaLinux:9all versions · fixed in 1.9.5p2-10.el9_6.1and 1 other package
sudoAlmaLinux:8all versions · fixed in 1.9.5p2-1.el8_10.1

Vendor advisories

CVE-2025-32462 Red Hat Product Security271 products fixed
sudo: LPE via host option
ICSA-26-202-04 CISA1 known affected
Siemens SIDIS Secured SmartPlug
SIDIS Secured SmartPlug < V7.26.0310
SSA-585531 Siemens ProductCERT1 known affected
SSA-585531: Multiple Vulnerabilities in SIDIS Secured SmartPlug before V7.26.0310
SIDIS Secured SmartPlug < V7.26.0310
RHSA-2025:15672 Red Hat Product Security1 product fixed
Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.13.60 bug fix and security update
RHSA-2025:13289 Red Hat Product Security4 products fixed
Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.14.55 bug fix and security update
RHSA-2025:12323 Red Hat Product Security1 product fixed
Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.12.79 bug fix and security update

14 more advisories

Full record on NVD

Fix

Update Sudo project sudo to 1.9.17
Vendor fix Siemens ProductCERT SSA-585531 · 1 productUpdate to V7.26.0310 or later version
Vendor fix CISA ICSA-26-202-04 · 1 productUpdate to V7.26.0310 or later version
Vendor fix Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2025:15672 · 1 productFor OpenShift Container Platform 4.13 see the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata update: https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/openshift_container_platform/4.…
Vendor fix Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2025:13289 · 4 productsFor OpenShift Container Platform 4.14 see the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata update: https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/openshift_container_platform/4.…
Vendor fix Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2025:12323 · 1 productFor OpenShift Container Platform 4.12 see the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata update: https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/openshift_container_platform/4.…
Vendor fix Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2025:11537 · 33 productsFor details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Advisories and patches

www.sudo.wsRelease Notes
www.sudo.wsVendor Advisory

Detection

read 2026-10-23 19:24 UTC

Nuclei template: none so far
Exploit-DB: EDB-52354
Proof-of-concept repositories: 11 repositories, unverifiedCryingN/CVE-2025-32462cybersentinelx1/CVE-2025-32462-Exploitmylovem313/CVE-2025-324620p5cur/CVE-2025-32462-POCSpongeBob-369/cve-2025-32462

Sources

GCVEexploitation2025-07-12
CISA-ADPSSVC decisionnone2025-07-01
OpenCVESSVC decisionnone—
CNACVSS 3.12.8read 2026-10-23
NVDCVSS 3.18.8read 2026-10-23
CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-863read 2026-10-23
FIRST EPSSEPSS score4.5 %2026-10-22
PoC-in-GitHubproof of concept11read 2026-10-23
Exploit-DBdetectionread 2026-10-23
OSVaffected packages—

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published: 2025-06-30
Last Modified: 2026-07-14
NVD status: Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is 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 execute commands on unintended machines.

Is CVE-2025-32462 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2025-32462 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 4.5% on 2026-10-22, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-32462?

CVE-2025-32462 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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