Hashicorp Packer up to 2.3.0 sudo privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Hashicorp Packer up to 2.3.0. It has been declared as very critical. Affected is an unknown function of the component sudo Handler. The manipulation results in an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2022-42717. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, was found in Hashicorp Packer up to 2.3.0. Affected is some unknown processing of the component sudo Handler. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was shared 10/12/2022. The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2022-42717 since 10/10/2022. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/20/2025). This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 2.3.1 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.1

VulDB Base Score: 8.8
VulDB Temp Score: 8.4
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NVD Base Score: 7.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Packer 2.3.1
Patch: github.com

Timelineinfo

10/10/2022 🔍
10/12/2022 +2 days 🔍
10/12/2022 +0 days 🔍
05/20/2025 +951 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: github.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-42717 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-42717
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-210594

Entryinfo

Created: 10/12/2022 09:27
Updated: 05/20/2025 19:45
Changes: 10/12/2022 09:27 (39), 11/06/2022 12:18 (2), 05/20/2025 19:45 (26)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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