Root privilege escalation via wildcarded sudoers path
Published Feb 4, 2026 · Updated Feb 4, 2026
Path traversal in terraform-provider-proxmox before 0.93.1 allows local users to obtain root access through an unsafe documented sudoers rule. The SSH setup guide granted passwordless root execution of tee for /var/lib/vz/*, and sudo's wildcard matched ../ sequences that escaped that directory. Exploitation requires an administrator to have installed the documented rule and the attacker to control the configured Terraform SSH account; the demonstrated path writes a new sudoers file and grants unrestricted root commands.
Summary
What happened
Path traversal in terraform-provider-proxmox before 0.93.1 allows local users to obtain root access through an unsafe documented sudoers rule. The SSH setup guide granted passwordless root execution of tee for /var/lib/vz/*, and sudo's wildcard matched ../ sequences that escaped that directory. Exploitation requires an administrator to have installed the documented rule and the attacker to control the configured Terraform SSH account; the demonstrated path writes a new sudoers file and grants unrestricted root commands.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-25499
- Published
- Feb 4, 2026
- Updated
- Feb 4, 2026
- Vendor
- BPG Labs
- Product
- terraform-provider-proxmox
- Classifications
- CWE-22, CWE-1188, T1548.003
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Feb 4, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 4, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=< 0.93.1
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Public exploit references
- GHSA-gwch-7m8v-7544 sudoers path-traversal proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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