CVE-2022-42717

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    CVE-2022-42717

    Published: 11 Oct 2022Last Modified: 12 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2022-23-vagrant-nfs-sudoers-configuration-allows-for-local-privilege-escalation/45423, https://www.vagrantup.com/docs/synced-folders/nfs, https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/42xxx/CVE-2022-42717.json, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-42717, https://github.com/hashicorp/vagrant/pull/12910

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -ce5861925dabb1f691c1b3f562eb0bf23283dc8c

    Affected versions

    v2.3.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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