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🛡️ CVE-2023-5834 — vagrant

🟢 CVSS 3.8 — Low ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-1386 NVD
3.8
CVSS Score
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Description

HashiCorp Vagrant Insecure Operation on Windows Junction / Mount Point vulnerability

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.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is changed, meaning a successful attack can affect components beyond the vulnerable one. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity low, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N

  • Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Changed — a successful attack reaches components beyond the vulnerable one.
  • Confidentiality impact: None.
  • Integrity impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
  • Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

CVE-2023-5834 is classified as CWE-1386: Insecure Operation on Windows Junction / Mount Point. The product opens a file or directory, but it does not properly prevent the name from being associated with a junction or mount point to a destination that is outside of the intended control sphere.

Affected software

CVE-2023-5834 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • github.com/hashicorp/vagrant
  • vagrant (fixed in 2.4.0)

Timeline and source

Published on 28 October 2023 and last revised on 8 November 2023. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
discuss.hashicorp.com (Web)
github.com (Package)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-1386: Insecure Operation on Windows Junction / Mount Point) in other software:

Details

Severity LOW
CVSS Score 3.8
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE CWE-1386
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2023-10-28
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2023-11-08
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
github.com/hashicorp/vagrant — —
vagrant — 2.4.0

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