GHSA-47xw-vw6m-w9fq

HashiCorp Vagrant Insecure Operation on Windows Junction / Mount Point vulnerability

Source: GitHub Advisory Database (reviewed) Low CVE-2023-5834

Packages

Ecosystem	Package	Affected	Fixed in
Go	github.com/hashicorp/vagrant	< 2.4.0	2.4.0

Details

As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).

HashiCorp Vagrant's Windows installer targeted a custom location with a non-protected path that could be junctioned, introducing potential for unauthorized file system writes. Fixed in Vagrant 2.4.0.

References

External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5834 advisory
https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2023-31-vagrant-s-windows-installer-allowed-directory-junction-write/59568 web
https://github.com/hashicorp/vagrant package