Sudo Privilege Escalation Vulnerability 2025 | CVE-2025-32462

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • What is CVE-2025-32462?
  • The vulnerability arises when a sudoers configuration lists a specific host (via Host or Host_Alias) rather than ALL
  • sudo: LPE(Local Privilege Escalation) via host option

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • OpenShift Container Platform
  • sudo

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