modules: add sudo_host (CVE-2025-32462, Stratascale sudo --host policy bypass)

Second new module this cycle; sibling of sudo_chwoot (CVE-2025-32463, same Stratascale/Rich Mirch disclosure). sudo's -h/--host option — meant only to pair with -l/--list — was honored when running a command, so a sudoers rule scoped to a host other than the current machine (and not ALL) is usable via 'sudo -h <host> <cmd>' for local root. Affects sudo 1.8.8 -> 1.9.17p0; fixed 1.9.17p1. CWE-863, CVSS 8.8 (not in KEV). detect(): version-gate [1.8.8, 1.9.17p0] via ctx->host->sudo_version (the host-restricted rule itself isn't probeable unprivileged, so VULNERABLE means 'vulnerable sudo present'). exploit(): discovers an abusable host-restricted rule from readable sudoers (or SKELETONKEY_SUDO_HOST), witnesses with 'sudo -n -h <host> id -u', pops 'sudo -h <host> /bin/bash' (SKELETONKEY_SUDO_CMD) only on a uid-0 witness; honest EXPLOIT_FAIL + operator guidance otherwise. Shared 'sudo' family; structural, arch=any; safety rank 96. auditd/sigma/falco rules, NOTICE.md (Rich Mirch / Stratascale) + MODULE.md, 4 detect() test rows. Wiring: registry, Makefile, cve_metadata (+JSON), verify-vm/targets.yaml (ubuntu1804 sudo 1.8.21p2 target, sweep pending). Docs: README + CVES.md + docs/index.html counts 40->41 modules / 35->36 CVEs; not-yet-verified lists + corpus pill.
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+# NOTICE — sudo_host (CVE-2025-32462)
+
+## Vulnerability
+
+**CVE-2025-32462** — sudo's `-h`/`--host` option, intended only to be
+used with `-l`/`--list` to display a user's privileges on a *different*
+host, was also honored when actually running a command (or via
+`sudoedit`). This lets a user evaluate the sudoers policy as though the
+machine were some other host: a sudoers rule scoped to a host that is
+neither the current machine nor `ALL` becomes usable locally via
+`sudo -h <that-host> <command>`, yielding command execution as root.
+
+Primarily affects sites that distribute one sudoers file across a fleet,
+or use LDAP/SSSD-based sudoers, where host-restricted rules are common.
+
+- Affected: sudo **1.8.8** through **1.9.17p0** (the `-h` behaviour is
+  ~12 years old). Fixed in **1.9.17p1**.
+- CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization). CVSS 8.8 (High). Not in CISA KEV
+  (the sibling `--chroot` bug CVE-2025-32463 is).
+
+## Research credit
+
+Discovered and disclosed by **Rich Mirch — Stratascale Cyber Research
+Unit (CRU)**, published 2025-06-30 alongside CVE-2025-32463.
+
+- sudo.ws advisory: <https://www.sudo.ws/security/advisories/host_any/>
+- Stratascale writeup:
+  <https://www.stratascale.com/resource/cve-2025-32462-sudo-host-option-vulnerability/>
+- Fixed in sudo 1.9.17p1 (Todd C. Miller, upstream maintainer).
+
+All research credit belongs to Rich Mirch / Stratascale and the sudo
+maintainers. SKELETONKEY is the bundling and bookkeeping layer only.
+
+## SKELETONKEY role
+
+🟢 **Structural escape (config-gated).** No offsets, no leak, no race.
+`detect()` gates on the sudo version (the host-restricted rule lives in a
+sudoers source the user usually cannot read — that opacity is the bug),
+so a VULNERABLE verdict means "vulnerable sudo present; an abusable rule
+may exist". `exploit()` best-effort reads `/etc/sudoers` +
+`/etc/sudoers.d/*` for a user-spec whose host field is neither the
+current hostname nor `ALL` (or takes the host from
+`SKELETONKEY_SUDO_HOST`), witnesses with `sudo -n -h <host> id -u`, and
+pops `sudo -h <host> /bin/bash` (override via `SKELETONKEY_SUDO_CMD`)
+only on a confirmed uid-0 witness — never claims root it did not get.
+
+Mitigation: upgrade sudo to 1.9.17p1+. Architecture-agnostic
+(pure userspace). Joins the shared `sudo` family alongside
+`sudo_chwoot`, `sudo_samedit`, `sudo_runas_neg1`, and `sudoedit_editor`.