VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2010-5142
CVSS score6.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.57%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2012-08-08
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Description
chef-server-api/app/controllers/users.rb in the API in Chef before 0.9.0 does not require administrative privileges for the create, destroy, and update methods, which allows remote authenticated users to manage user accounts via requests to the /users URI.