CVE-2023-28864
Progress Chef Infra Server before 15.7 allows a local attacker to exploit a /var/opt/opscode/local-mode-cache/backup world-readable temporary backup path to access sensitive information, resulting in the disclosure of all indexed node data, because…
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Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.25%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Progress Chef Infra Server before 15.7 allows a local attacker to exploit a /var/opt/opscode/local-mode-cache/backup world-readable temporary backup path to access sensitive information, resulting in the disclosure of all indexed node data, because OpenSearch credentials are exposed. (The data typically includes credentials for additional systems.) The attacker must wait for an admin to run the "chef-server-ctl reconfigure" command.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.25% probability · 16th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-922
- Affected
- progress/chef infra server
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://blog.mondoo.com/chef-infra-server-cve-2023-28864-impact-and-remediationMitigation, Third Party Advisory
- https://docs.chef.io/release_notes_server/Release Notes
- https://github.com/chef/chef-server/blob/8a2dc82148844767f7c7728633a03dcee812e56a/omnibus/files/server-ctl-cookbooks/infra-server/recipes/oc_bifrost.rb#L42Product
- https://blog.mondoo.com/chef-infra-server-cve-2023-28864-impact-and-remediationMitigation, Third Party Advisory
- https://docs.chef.io/release_notes_server/Release Notes
- https://github.com/chef/chef-server/blob/8a2dc82148844767f7c7728633a03dcee812e56a/omnibus/files/server-ctl-cookbooks/infra-server/recipes/oc_bifrost.rb#L42Product
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.