CVE-2025-6723

Severity CVSS v4.0:
MEDIUM
Type:
CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management
Publication date:
30/01/2026
Last modified:
11/03/2026

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.<br /> <br /> This issue affects Chef Inspec: through 5.23 and before 7.0.107

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