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FKIE_CVE-2023-42658

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2023-10-31 15:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 06:24

Severity

8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

Archive command in Chef InSpec prior to 4.56.58 and 5.22.29 allow local command execution via maliciously crafted profile.

References

URL	Tags
security@progress.com	https://community.progress.com/s/article/Product-Alert-Bulletin-October-2023-CHEF-Inspec-CVE-2023-42658	Vendor Advisory
security@progress.com	https://docs.chef.io/inspec/cli/	Vendor Advisory
security@progress.com	https://docs.chef.io/release_notes_inspec/	Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://community.progress.com/s/article/Product-Alert-Bulletin-October-2023-CHEF-Inspec-CVE-2023-42658	Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://docs.chef.io/inspec/cli/	Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://docs.chef.io/release_notes_inspec/	Release Notes, Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	chef	inspec	*
	chef	inspec	*

JSON

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CVE-2023-42658 (GCVE-0-2023-42658)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-10-31 14:08 – Updated: 2024-09-06 16:00

Title

InSpec Archive Command Vulnerable to Maliciously Crafted Profile

Summary

Archive command in Chef InSpec prior to 4.56.58 and 5.22.29 allow local command execution via maliciously crafted profile.

Severity

8.8 (High)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2024-09-06 15:43 UTC

CWE

CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
CWE-917 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an Expression Language Statement ('Expression Language Injection')

Assigner

ProgressSoftware mitre root Scorecard

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://docs.chef.io/release_notes_inspec/	release-notes
https://docs.chef.io/inspec/cli/	release-notes
https://community.progress.com/s/article/Product-…	vendor-advisory

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Progress Software Corporation	Chef InSpec	Affected: 4.0.0 , < 4.56.58 (semver) Affected: 5.0.0 , < 5.22.29 (semver)
chef	inspec	Affected: 4.0 , < 4.56.58 (custom) Affected: 5.0 , < 5.22.29 (custom) Affected: 0 , < 4.0 (custom) cpe:2.3:a:chef:inspec::::::::

Credits

HackerOne - tas50

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