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.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
7.8 HIGH
LOCAL
LOW
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 13%
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
hashicorpvagrant
𝑥
< 2.3.1
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
vagrant
bionic
needs-triage
focal
needs-triage
jammy
needs-triage
kinetic
ignored
lunar
ignored
mantic
ignored
noble
dne
trusty
ignored
xenial
needs-triage
Azure Linux logo
Azure Linux Releases
Azure Package
Release
packer
CBL-Mariner 2.0
0:1.8.7-1.cm2
fixed
Common Weakness Enumeration
References
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
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