Privilege escalation flaw in sudo versions 1.9.14 to 1.9.17 (CVE-2025-32463)
This demonstrates the impact of CVE-2025-32463, a recent security issue for sudo. A standard user can gain root privileges by just running a few lines of bash script. The maintainer already patched this issue in version 1.9.17p1. Unfortunately, some Linux distros weren't able to update their sudo yet. For more information, check the related links below.
Mirch @ Stratascale article:
https://www.stratascale.com/vulnerability-...
Sudo advisory:
https://www.sudo.ws/security/advisories/ch...
CVE record:
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-...
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