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Vulnerability IntelligenceCVE-2023-42658

CVE-2023-42658

HIGH8.8

InSpec Archive Command Vulnerable to Maliciously Crafted Profile

Published Oct 31, 2023

Modified 1 years ago

Details

Archive command in Chef InSpec prior to 4.56.58 and 5.22.29 allow local command execution via maliciously crafted profile.

References

https://community.progress.com/s/article/Product-Alert-Bulletin-October-2023-CHEF-Inspec-CVE-2023-42658

https://docs.chef.io/inspec/cli/

https://docs.chef.io/release_notes_inspec/

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-42658

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.1

8.8

Exploitability

Attack Vector

LocalAV:L

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

LowPR:L

User Interaction

NoneUI:N

Scope

Scope

ChangedS:C

Impact

Confidentiality

HighC:H

Integrity

HighI:H

Availability

HighA:H

8.8/CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness Type (CWE)

Injection

Expression Language Injection

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedOct 31, 2023

ModifiedSep 6, 2024

CVE-2023-42658 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence