CVE-2025-6723Untrusted user data can lead to privilege escalation
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Chef InSpec versions up to 5.23 and before 7.0.107 creates named pipes with overly permissive default Windows access controls. A local attacker may interfere with the pipe connection process and exploit the insufficient access restrictions to assume the InSpec execution context, potentially resulting in elevated privileges or operational disruption. This issue affects Chef Inspec: through 5.23 and before 7.0.107
- CVSS
- 5.8 MEDIUM (v4.0, CNA)CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-269, CWE-287
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- ProgressSoftware
- NVD analysis
- Deferred
- Record last updated
- Mar 11, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Progress Software Chef Inspec progress_software:chef_inspec (from the name) | through <=5.23, <7.0.107 | CNA record |
References
- https://docs.chef.io/inspec/
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