CVE-2022-42717

An issue was discovered in Hashicorp Packer before 2.3.1. The recommended sudoers configuration...

7.8 HighFix available

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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Local
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: Low
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: High
Integrity: High
Availability: High

Exploit likelihood

0.25%Down 0.6 points since Oct 12, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.8

Record: CVE-2022-42717
CVSS 3.1: 7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-284
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List 7.8

Record: CVE-2022-42717
CVSS 3.1: 7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-284
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2022-45783 7.8

Record: EUVD-2022-45783
CVSS 3.1: 7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-mc87-5qgf-5qvj 7.8

An issue was discovered in Hashicorp Packer before 2.3.1. The recommended sudoers configuration...

Record: GHSA-mc87-5qgf-5qvj
CVSS 3.1: 7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-269, CWE-284
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVAZL-11115 7.8

CVE-2022-42717 affecting package packer for versions less than 1.8.7-1

Record: AZL-11115
CVSS 3.1: 7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSV 7.8

Record: CVE-2022-42717
CVSS 3.1: 7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2022-42717 7.8

Record: UBUNTU-CVE-2022-42717
CVSS 3.1: 7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

hashicorp vagrant

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`packer` Azure Linux:2	before 1.8.7-1	1.8.7-1
`vagrant` Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	All versions, plus listed versions 1.7.4+dfsg-11.8.1+dfsg-11.8.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.11.8.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.2	None known
`vagrant` Ubuntu:18.04:LTS	All versions, plus listed versions 1.9.1+dfsg-12.0.2+dfsg-2ubuntu22.0.2+dfsg-2ubuntu8	None known
`vagrant` Ubuntu:20.04:LTS	All versions, plus listed versions 2.2.3+dfsg-1ubuntu22.2.6+dfsg-2ubuntu12.2.6+dfsg-2ubuntu3	None known
`vagrant` Ubuntu:22.04:LTS	All versions, plus listed versions 2.2.14+dfsg-1ubuntu12.2.19+dfsg-1ubuntu1	None known

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2022-42717 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Hashicorp Vagrant, published October 11, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.25%, the 16th percentile. Fixed in packer 1.8.7-1.