CVE-2022-42717 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00099.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Hashicorp	Vagrant
Linux	Linux Kernel

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vagrant:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-45783	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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2022-23-vagrant-nfs-sudoers-configuration-allows-for-local-privilege-escalation/45423
https://github.com/hashicorp/vagrant/pull/12910
https://www.vagrantup.com/docs/synced-folders/nfs

History

Tue, 20 May 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-284
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-10-11T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-20T14:12:42.637Z

Reserved: 2022-10-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-42717

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T13:10:41.393Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-10-11T23:15:10.237

Modified: 2025-05-20T15:15:51.453

Link: CVE-2022-42717

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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