Sudo Chroot Vulnerability: When Root Access is Just a Bash Away!
Sudo versions 1.9.14 to 1.9.17 are in the spotlight for a local privilege escalation vulnerability. Thanks to a chroot mishap, users can trick sudo into running commands as root. Remember, with great power comes great responsibility—or in this case, an urgent need for a software update! CVE-2025-32463 strikes again!
Hot Take:
Who knew that a simple command like ‘sudo’ could be a ticket to the root club? In this latest episode of ‘What Could Go Wrong with Software Updates’, the sudo chroot feature is proving that sometimes, less is more—especially when it comes to permissions.
Key Points:
- Sudo versions 1.9.14 to 1.9.17 are vulnerable to a local privilege escalation exploit.
- The exploit allows users to run commands as root, bypassing the sudoers file.
- Chroot feature in sudo has been deprecated and will be removed in future releases.
- The vulnerability is identified as CVE-2025-32463.
- The exploit utilizes a crafted nsswitch.conf to trick sudo into loading malicious libraries.
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