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CVE-2022-42717

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 0.23% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2022-10-11 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8. It affects Linux. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links

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CVE
CVE-2022-42717
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
0.23%
Linux

Original NVD 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.

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