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CVE-2011-5097
chef-server-api/app/controllers/cookbooks.rb in Chef Server in Chef before 0.9.18, and 0.10.x before 0.10.2, does not require…
Medium5.5EPSS 1.4%
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- mitre
Description
chef-server-api/app/controllers/cookbooks.rb in Chef Server in Chef before 0.9.18, and 0.10.x before 0.10.2, does not require administrative privileges for the update and destroy methods, which allows remote authenticated users to (1) upload cookbooks via a knife cookbook upload command or (2) delete cookbooks via a knife cookbook delete command.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.4% · top 27% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (2)
- https://github.com/opscode/chef/commit/a4ea6edab2fecb922f999cffb0daa04eeeec7a26 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://tickets.opscode.com/browse/CHEF-2436 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .