CVE-2025-8868
In Progress Chef Automate, versions earlier than 4.13.295, on Linux x86 platform, an authenticated attacker can gain access to Chef Automate restricted functionality in the compliance service via improperly neutralized inputs used in an SQL command…
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 25.9%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
In Progress Chef Automate, versions earlier than 4.13.295, on Linux x86 platform, an authenticated attacker can gain access to Chef Automate restricted functionality in the compliance service via improperly neutralized inputs used in an SQL command using a well-known token.
- 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
- 25.95% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-89, CWE-200
- Affected
- chef/automate
- Source
- security@progress.com
EPSS moved from 25.9% on 19 October 2026 to 25.9% on 1 November 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
References
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.