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CVE-2022-42717

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Published: Oct 11, 2022Modified: Jun 17, 2026

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7.8
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 5.9
Source: NVD

Description

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Hashicorp: Vagrant
Hashicorp
1 product
Vagrant
Configuration A
1 vulnerable · 1 platform
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Vagrant
Before 2.3.1
Running on/withPlatform Versions
Linux
Linux Kernel
All versions

Related CWEs

CWE-284
Improper Access Control
The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor.

References (6)

Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
Source: cve@mitre.org
PatchThird Party Advisory
Source: cve@mitre.org
Product
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
PatchThird Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Product

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