CVE-2025-8868 (GCVE-0-2025-8868)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-09-29 11:29
Modified
2025-09-29 12:55
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
Summary
In Progress Chef Automate, versions earlier than 4.13.295, on Linux x86 platform, an authenticated attacker can gain access to Chef Automate restricted functionality in the compliance service via
improperly neutralized inputs used in an SQL command using a well-known token.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progress Software | Chef Automate |
Version: 0 |
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