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CVE-2022-42717

An issue was discovered in Hashicorp Packer before 2.3.1. The recommended sudoers configuration for Vagrant on Linux is insecure. If the host has been configured according to this documentation, non-privileged users on the host can leverage a wildcard in the sudoers configuration to execute arbitrary commands as root.

Published

2022-10-11T23:15:10.237

Last Modified

2025-05-20T15:15:51.453

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 7.8 (HIGH)

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-Other
Type: Secondary
CWE-284

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	hashicorp	vagrant	< 2.3.1	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	-	No

References

https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2022-23-vagrant-nfs-sudoers-configuration-allows-for-local-privilege-escalation/45423 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/hashicorp/vagrant/pull/12910 Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.vagrantup.com/docs/synced-folders/nfs Product ([email protected])
https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2022-23-vagrant-nfs-sudoers-configuration-allows-for-local-privilege-escalation/45423 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/hashicorp/vagrant/pull/12910 Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.vagrantup.com/docs/synced-folders/nfs Product (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)