Upstream information

CVE-2025-32463 at MITRE

Description

Sudo before 1.9.17p1 allows local users to obtain root access because /etc/nsswitch.conf from a user-controlled directory is used with the --chroot option.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Pending

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
  CNA (MITRE) SUSE
Base Score 9.3 7.8
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local Local
Attack Complexity Low Low
Privileges Required None Low
User Interaction None None
Scope Changed Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High High
Integrity Impact High High
Availability Impact High High
CVSSv3 Version 3.1 3.1
CVSS v4 Scores
  SUSE
Base Score 7.3
Vector CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Attack Requirements Present
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High
Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High
Vulnerable System Availability Impact High
Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None
Subsequent System Integrity Impact None
Subsequent System Availability Impact None
CVSSv4 Version 4.0
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1245275 [IN_PROGRESS]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
Container bci/spack:0.23.1-11.8
Container bci/spack:0.23.1-13.11
Image SLES15-SP6-BYOS
Image SLES15-SP6-BYOS-Azure
Image SLES15-SP6-HPC
Image SLES15-SP6-HPC-Azure
Image SLES15-SP6-HPC-BYOS
Image SLES15-SP6-HPC-BYOS-Azure
Image SLES15-SP6-HPC-BYOS-EC2
Image SLES15-SP6-HPC-EC2
Image SLES15-SP6-Hardened-BYOS
Image SLES15-SP6-Hardened-BYOS-Azure
Image SLES15-SP6-SAP
Image SLES15-SP6-SAP-Azure
Image SLES15-SP6-SAP-Azure-3P
Image SLES15-SP6-SAP-Azure-LI-BYOS
Image SLES15-SP6-SAP-Azure-LI-BYOS-Production
Image SLES15-SP6-SAP-Azure-VLI-BYOS
Image SLES15-SP6-SAP-Azure-VLI-BYOS-Production
Image SLES15-SP6-SAP-BYOS
Image SLES15-SP6-SAP-BYOS-Azure
Image SLES15-SP6-SAP-BYOS-EC2
Image SLES15-SP6-SAP-EC2
Image SLES15-SP6-SAP-Hardened
Image SLES15-SP6-SAP-Hardened-Azure
Image SLES15-SP6-SAP-Hardened-BYOS
Image SLES15-SP6-SAP-Hardened-BYOS-Azure
Image SLES15-SP6-SAPCAL
Image SLES15-SP6-SAPCAL-Azure
Image SLES15-SP6-SAPCAL-EC2
  • sudo >= 1.9.15p5-150600.3.9.1
Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/baremetal-os-container:2.1.3-6.53
Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/toolbox:13.2-9.12
  • sudo >= 1.9.15p5-2.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6
  • sudo >= 1.9.15p5-150600.3.9.1
  • sudo-devel >= 1.9.15p5-150600.3.9.1
  • sudo-plugin-python >= 1.9.15p5-150600.3.9.1
  • sudo-policy-sudo-auth-self >= 1.9.15p5-150600.3.9.1
  • sudo-policy-wheel-auth-self >= 1.9.15p5-150600.3.9.1
  • system-group-sudo >= 1.9.15p5-150600.3.9.1
Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP6-2025-2177
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP7
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7
  • sudo >= 1.9.15p5-150600.3.9.1
  • sudo-devel >= 1.9.15p5-150600.3.9.1
  • sudo-plugin-python >= 1.9.15p5-150600.3.9.1
  • sudo-policy-sudo-auth-self >= 1.9.15p5-150600.3.9.1
  • sudo-policy-wheel-auth-self >= 1.9.15p5-150600.3.9.1
  • system-group-sudo >= 1.9.15p5-150600.3.9.1
Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP7-2025-2177
openSUSE Leap 15.6
  • sudo >= 1.9.15p5-150600.3.9.1
  • sudo-devel >= 1.9.15p5-150600.3.9.1
  • sudo-plugin-python >= 1.9.15p5-150600.3.9.1
  • sudo-policy-sudo-auth-self >= 1.9.15p5-150600.3.9.1
  • sudo-policy-wheel-auth-self >= 1.9.15p5-150600.3.9.1
  • sudo-test >= 1.9.15p5-150600.3.9.1
  • system-group-sudo >= 1.9.15p5-150600.3.9.1
Patchnames:
openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2025-2177
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • sudo >= 1.9.17p1-1.1
  • sudo-devel >= 1.9.17p1-1.1
  • sudo-plugin-python >= 1.9.17p1-1.1
  • sudo-policy-sudo-auth-self >= 1.9.17p1-1.1
  • sudo-policy-wheel-auth-self >= 1.9.17p1-1.1
  • sudo-test >= 1.9.17p1-1.1
  • system-group-sudo >= 1.9.17p1-1.1
Patchnames:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2025-15298


First public cloud image revisions this CVE is fixed in:


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud sudo Not affected
SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS sudo In progress
SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun sudo In progress
SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-Azure sudo In progress
SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 sudo In progress
SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-GCE sudo In progress
SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-GDC sudo In progress
SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud sudo In progress
SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun sudo In progress
SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-Azure sudo In progress
SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 sudo In progress
SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-GCE sudo In progress
SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-GDC sudo In progress
SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud sudo In progress
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 sudo Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 sudo Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6 sudo Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP7 sudo Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 sudo Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 sudo Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 sudo Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 sudo Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 sudo Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 sudo Released
SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 sudo Released
SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 sudo Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.6 sudo Released
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SLES15-EC2-CHOST-HVM-BYOS sudo Not affected
SLES15-SP1-CHOST-BYOS-Azure sudo Not affected
SLES15-SP1-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 sudo Not affected
SLES15-SP1-CHOST-BYOS-GCE sudo Not affected
SLES15-SP2-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun sudo Not affected
SLES15-SP2-CHOST-BYOS-Azure sudo Not affected
SLES15-SP2-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 sudo Not affected
SLES15-SP2-CHOST-BYOS-GCE sudo Not affected
SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun sudo Not affected
SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-Azure sudo Not affected
SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 sudo Not affected
SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-GCE sudo Not affected
SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud sudo Not affected
SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS sudo Not affected
SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun sudo Not affected
SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-Azure sudo Not affected
SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 sudo Not affected
SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-GCE sudo Not affected
SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud sudo Not affected
SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun sudo Not affected
SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-Azure sudo Not affected
SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 sudo Not affected
SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-GCE sudo Not affected
SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-GDC sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3 sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS Extended Security sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 sudo Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 sudo Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy LTS 4.3 sudo Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 sudo Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server LTS 4.3 sudo Not affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 sudo Not affected
SUSE Manager Server LTS 4.3 sudo Not affected
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 sudo Not affected
SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0 sudo Not affected
SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 sudo Not affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 sudo Not affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 sudo Not affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1 sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2 sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3 sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5 sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0 sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2 sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3 sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 12 SP2-CLIENT sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 sudo Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 sudo Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 sudo Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 sudo Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 sudo Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 sudo Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 sudo Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 sudo Not affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.0 sudo Not affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.1 sudo Not affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 sudo Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 sudo Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 sudo Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 sudo Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 sudo Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 sudo Not affected
openSUSE Leap 15.3 sudo Not affected
openSUSE Leap 15.4 sudo Not affected
openSUSE Leap 15.5 sudo Not affected
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.2 sudo Not affected
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3 sudo Not affected
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.4 sudo Not affected
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5 sudo Not affected
Container Status
ses/6/cephcsi/cephcsi
ses/6/rook/ceph
ses/7.1/cephcsi/cephcsi
ses/7.1/rook/ceph
ses/7/ceph/ceph
ses/7/cephcsi/cephcsi
ses/7/rook/ceph
suse/sle-micro-rancher/5.2
suse/sle-micro-rancher/5.3
suse/sle-micro-rancher/5.4
suse/sle-micro/5.0/toolbox
suse/sle-micro/5.1/toolbox
suse/sle-micro/5.2/toolbox
suse/sle-micro/5.3/toolbox
suse/sle-micro/5.4/toolbox
suse/sle-micro/5.5
suse/sle-micro/5.5/toolbox
sudoNot affected
bci/spack
bci/spack:0.23
sudoReleased
suse/manager/5.0/x86_64/server
suse/multi-linux-manager/5.1/x86_64/server
sudoIn progress


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Jun 24 14:00:31 2025
CVE page last modified: Fri Jul 11 12:31:10 2025