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CVE-2025-6723

Severity CVSS v4.0:
MEDIUM
Type:
CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management
Publication date:
30/01/2026
Last modified:
30/01/2026

Description

Chef InSpec up to version 5.23 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.<br /> <br /> This issue affects Chef Inspec: through 5.23.

Impact

Vector 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVSS v4.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.80 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Attack Requirements (AT): Present
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Confidentiality (VC): Low
Integrity (VI): High
Availability (VA): Low
Confidentiality (SC): None
Integrity (SI): None
Availability (SA): None

Base Score 4.0
5.80
Severity 4.0
MEDIUM

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