VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2023-40050
Upload profile either through API or user interface in Chef Automate prior to and including version 4.10.29 using InSpec check command with maliciously crafted profile allows remote code execution.
HIGH 8.8EPSS 1.18%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.18%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Upload profile either through API or user interface in Chef Automate prior to and including version 4.10.29 using InSpec check command with maliciously crafted profile allows remote code execution.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.18% probability · 66th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-94, CWE-434
- Affected
- chef/automate
- Source
- security@progress.com
References
- https://community.progress.com/s/article/Product-Alert-Bulletin-October-2023-CHEF-Automate-CVE-2023-40050Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.chef.io/automate/profiles/Product
- https://docs.chef.io/release_notes_automate/Release Notes
- https://community.progress.com/s/article/Product-Alert-Bulletin-October-2023-CHEF-Automate-CVE-2023-40050Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.chef.io/automate/profiles/Product
- https://docs.chef.io/release_notes_automate/Release Notes
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.