What is CVE-2022-42717?

CVE-2022-42717 is a high-severity vulnerability in Hashicorp Vagrant, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2022-10-11.

How severe is CVE-2022-42717?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Hashicorp Vagrant

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 leverag…

EPSS: 0.002 (13.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Hashicorp Vagrant
Linux Linux_kernel
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-284 — Improper Access Control

References

cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Product)
cve@mitre.org (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-42717?: CVE-2022-42717 is a high-severity vulnerability in Hashicorp Vagrant, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2022-10-11.
How severe is CVE-2022-42717?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.