Is this vulnerability remotely exploitable?

It can be, but only indirectly. An attacker must first obtain SSH access to a system where the insecure sudoers configuration has been applied and then leverage the path traversal capability to modify files outside the intended directory.

What level of access does an attacker need to exploit this?

The attacker needs a valid user account on the affected host and sudo privileges through the specific rule derived from the documentation. Without that sudo access, the path traversal in the sudoers rule cannot be leveraged.

What is the safest general fix pattern?

Replace any documentation-derived sudoers entries with rules that strictly constrain commands and paths. Prefer fixed commands or wrapper scripts that internally validate targets, and avoid granting sudo rights that accept arbitrary path arguments.

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(7.5)

Path Traversal via Insecure sudoers Configuration (CWE-22) in Proxmox Terraform/OpenTofu Provider Docs

CVE-2026-25499

Published:

Feb 4, 2026

Status:

Analyzed

Summary

Affected Context

Exploit Preconditions

Why This Happens

Potential Impact

General Mitigation Guidance

How Teams Detect Issues Like This

Frequently Asked Questions

Source

NDV

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Remote Code Execution on the Server Host

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Vulnerability Type

Category:

Path Traversal / Insecure Authorization Configuration

CWE:

CWE-22;CWE-1188

Impact:

Privilege Escalation and Arbitrary File Modification

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(7.5)

CVSS Version:

3.1

Vulnerability Type

Category:

Path Traversal / Insecure Authorization Configuration

CWE:

CWE-22;CWE-1188

Impact:

Privilege Escalation and Arbitrary File Modification

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(7.5)

CVSS Version:

3.1

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Path Traversal via Insecure sudoers Configuration (CWE-22) in Proxmox Terraform/OpenTofu Provider Docs

Summary

Affected Context

Exploit Preconditions

Why This Happens

Potential Impact

General Mitigation Guidance

How Teams Detect Issues Like This

Frequently Asked Questions

Source

Recent Vulnerabilities

CRITICAL RISK

CRITICAL

(9.8)

Missing Authentication for Forgot-Password Email Change API (CWE-306)

HIGH RISK

HIGH

(7.3)

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