GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Go
GHSA-gwch-7m8v-7544 terraform-provider-proxmox has insecure sudo recommendation in the documentation
HIGH
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-25499
- Ecosystem
- Go
- Packages
- github.com/bpg/terraform-provider-proxmox
- Severity
- High
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-1188, CWE-22
- Reviewed
- 2026-02-02
Affected packages
• Go github.com/bpg/terraform-provider-proxmox: < 0.93.1 → fixed in 0.93.1
Description
> Note: It is uncertain whether this constitutes a vulnerability or should be filed as an issue instead.
Summary
In the SSH configuration documentation, the sudoer line that was suggested can be escalated to edit any files in the system.
Details
The following line were suggested for addition in the sudoers file:
```bash
terraform ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/tee /var/lib/vz/*
```
But this is highly insecure as the folder can be escaped using `../` and any files can be edited on the system.
PoC
Using a `terraform` user with the previously mentioned line in the `/etc/sudoers` file, a `/etc/sudoers.d/sudo` file can be added using this command:
`echo "ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL" | tee /var/lib/vz/../../../etc/sudoers.d/sudo`
This grants access to the full root of the node.
Impact
This breaches the access limits of the Terraform user.
Suggested workaround
Use a strict regex on the command to allow only the names that should be pushed by this user.
Example for cloudinit yaml files:
```bash
terraform ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/tee /var/lib/vz/snippets/[A-Za-z0-9-]*\\.yaml
```
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-25499 Terraform / OpenTofu Provider adds support for Proxmox Virtual Environment. vulnerability
References
- https://github.com/bpg/terraform-provider-proxmox/security/advisories/GHSA-gwch-7m8v-7544 web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-25499 advisory
- https://github.com/bpg/terraform-provider-proxmox/commit/bd604c41a31e2a55dd6acc01b0608be3ea49c023 web
- https://github.com/bpg/terraform-provider-proxmox package