CVE-2025-6723 (GCVE-0-2025-6723)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-30 14:09 – Updated: 2026-03-11 14:30
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Untrusted user data can lead to privilege escalation
Summary
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
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-01-30 14:43 UTC
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://docs.chef.io/inspec/ |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progress Software | Chef Inspec |
Affected:
0 , ≤ <=5.23, <7.0.107
(customer on-prem)
|
guessed |
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