Critical Sudo Vulnerabilities Let Local Users Gain Root Access on Linux, Impacting Major Distros


Two vulnerabilities in the Sudo utility (CVE-2025-32462 and CVE-2025-32463) allow local Linux users to gain root access, with one flaw (CVSS 9.3) exploiting the --chroot option to execute arbitrary commands. These affect major Linux distros and have now been patched in Sudo 1.9.17p1. Users are urged to update immediately to mitigate risk.

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