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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
VLAI
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
References
Impacted products
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)
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