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CVE-2011-5098

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5EPSS 1.7%EU EUVD

chef-server-api/app/controllers/clients.rb in Chef Server in Chef before 0.9.20, and 0.10.x before 0.10.6, does not require administrative privileges for creating admin clients, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging read permission for the validation key and executing a knife client create command with the --admin option.

Key facts

CVSS score
6.5 (v2.0)
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-264
EPSS score
1.7% (77th percentile)
In CISA KEV
No
In EU EUVD
Yes (EUVD-2011-4998)
Published
August 8, 2012
NVD last modified
June 16, 2026
Status
Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-4998 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on September 17, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

  • opscode / chef
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References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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