CVE-2025-6723

N/A

Description

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

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 ScoreN/A

Published1/30/2026

Last Modified3/11/2026

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-269CWE-287

References

https://docs.chef.io/inspec/(security@progress.com)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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