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Critical 10.0Published Sep 11, 2026
CVE-2026-80462Privilege Escalation in Progress Chef Automate
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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.
- CVSS
- 10.0 CRITICAL (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-306
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- ProgressSoftware
- NVD analysis
- Deferred
- Record last updated
- Sep 18, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Progress Software Chef Automate progress_software:chef_automate (from the name) | from 4.13.516 before 4.13.520; from 1.0.0 before 4.13.516 not affected | CNA record |
References
- https://community.progress.com/s/article/Critical-Security-Bulletin---August-2026---Chef-Automate-Security-Vulnerabilityvendor-advisory
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