High severity · published Oct 11, 2022
CVE-2022-42717
An issue was discovered in Hashicorp Packer before 2.3.1
7.8
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 17% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
VA
Vagrant · Hashicorp
before 2.3.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-42717
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-42717
Vendor Advisory
https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2022-23-vagrant-nfs-sudoers-configuration-allows-for-local-privilege-escalation/45423
Patch
https://github.com/hashicorp/vagrant/pull/12910
Product
https://www.vagrantup.com/docs/synced-folders/nfs
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