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CVE-2026-80462
Privilege Escalation in Progress Chef Automate
Critical10.0EPSS 2.0%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- ProgressSoftware
Description
A vulnerability in the Chef Automate API gateway and identity validation path may allow an unauthenticated actor to gain elevated access to protected Chef Automate functionality under specific conditions.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| ProgressSoftwareCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Critical10.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 3.1 | Critical10.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.0% · top 19% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 10.0.
Weakness
Affected products
Progress Software · Chef Automate
- affected 4.13.516 – < 4.13.520
- unaffected 1.0.0 – < 4.13.516
What to do
Solution: Customers should upgrade to Chef Automate 4.13.520 or subsequent version. Versions prior to 4.13.516 are NOT affected.
Workaround: No approved workaround is currently available. Progress recommends upgrading to the fixed release when available.
References (1)
Sources
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- 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)
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