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 />
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This issue affects Chef Inspec: through 5.23 and before 7.0.107
Impact
Base Score 4.0
5.80
Severity 4.0
MEDIUM



