VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2011-5097
CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.42%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2012-08-08
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P
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.