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Organizations Warned of Exploited Sudo Vulnerability

A critical Sudo local privilege escalation (CVE-2025-32463) allows any user to gain root privileges and has been exploited, requiring urgent patching.

fromZDNET

3 weeks ago

6 sudo tricks every Linux user needs to know - plus 1 just for fun

I started using Linux prior to the advent of sudo. Back then, any time I needed to run admin tasks, I had to first su to the root user, run the task, and then exit the root user. Because root was enabled, some users would simply log in as root and forgo a standard user account altogether. That's a security risk no one should take.

Information security

fromSecuritymagazine

2 months ago

Sudo Vulnerability Discovered, May Exposes Linux Systems

CVE-2025-32462 has received a lower CVSS score due to the conditions that are needed. Namely, successful execution would require someone to make a misconfiguration and deploy a Sudoers file with an incorrect host for this vulnerability to work.

Privacy professionals

fromThe Hacker News

2 months ago

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

CVE-2025-32462 allows listed users to execute commands on unintended machines due to a flaw with the sudoers file, enabling privilege escalation on susceptible setups.