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CVE-2026-80462 (GCVE-0-2026-80462)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-11 12:28 – Updated: 2026-09-11 12:50

Title

Privilege Escalation in Progress Chef Automate

Summary

A vulnerability in the Chef Automate API gateway and identity validation path may allow an unauthenticated actor to gain elevated access to protected Chef Automate functionality under specific conditions.

Severity

10 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-09-11 12:49 UTC

CWE

CWE-306 - Missing authentication for critical function

Assigner

ProgressSoftware mitre root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://community.progress.com/s/article/Critical…	vendor-advisory

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE status
Progress Software	Chef Automate	Affected: 4.13.516 , < 4.13.520 (semver) Unaffected: 1.0.0 , < 4.13.516 (semver)	guessed

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FKIE_CVE-2026-80462

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-09-11 13:18 - Updated: 2026-09-11 13:18

Severity

10.0 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

References

	URL	Tags
	security@progress.com	https://community.progress.com/s/article/Critical-Security-Bulletin---August-2026---Chef-Automate-Security-Vulnerability

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	Vendor	Product	Version

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GHSA-PQCF-F89W-VR6M

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-09-11 15:32 – Updated: 2026-09-11 15:32

Details

Severity

10.0 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2026-80462 (GCVE-0-2026-80462)

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