CVE-2026-8668

Severity CVSS v4.0:

LOW

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

18/06/2026

Last modified:

22/06/2026

Description

A static credential embedded in Chef 360 prior to v1.7.0 permitted unauthenticated access to internal message queues. Queue messages contained tenant-specific identifiers. The credential has been rotated and replaced with per-tenant access in subsequent versions, eliminating this access method entirely.

Impact

Vector 4.0

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

Base Score: 2.30 LOW
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:H/SI:N/SA:L/E:P/S:N/AU:Y/RE:L

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Attack Requirements (AT): None
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Confidentiality (VC): Low
Integrity (VI): None
Availability (VA): Low
Confidentiality (SC): High
Integrity (SI): None
Availability (SA): Low
Safety (S): Negligible
Automatable (AU): Yes
Vulnerability Response Effort (RE): Low
Exploit Maturity (E): POC

Base Score 4.0

2.30

Severity 4.0

LOW

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

https://docs.chef.io/release_notes/360/