SB2025070792 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for sudo
Published: July 7, 2025 Updated: August 22, 2025
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Protection mechanism failure (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-32462)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient implementation of security measures when running sudo with -h (--host) option. If the current configuration provides access to users based on the host they are allowed to execute commands, a local user can bypass such a restriction by providing the hostname via the "-h" option they are allowed to execute commands. The vulnerability affects systems that use a common sudoers file that is distributed to multiple machines or when LDAP-based sudoers (including SSSD) is used.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.