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TI-2025-06106 Aliases CVE-2025-6723GHSA-qqgm-c595-2xpg

Untrusted user data can lead to privilege escalation

Priority LOW 25CWE-269Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
Attack requirements
Present
Impact type
Privilege escalation, Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · High · Low
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-269 and CWE-287.

Summary

Chef InSpec versions up to 5.23 and before 7.0.107 creates named pipes with overly permissive default Windows access controls. A local attacker may interfere with the pipe connection process and exploit the insufficient access restrictions to assume the InSpec execution context, potentially resulting in elevated privileges or operational disruption. This issue affects Chef Inspec: through 5.23 and before 7.0.107

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00132 2nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
ProgressChef Inspecup to <=5.23, <7.0.107—No fix listedCNA
  • Chef Inspec VendorProgress Affected up to <=5.23, <7.0.107 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-6723
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qqgm-c595-2xpg

References

Other 1

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  • TI-2024-06182 WhatsUp Gold HasErrors SQL Injection Authentication Bypass Vulnerability KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2024-04541 WhatsUp Gold GetFileWithoutZip Directory Traversal Remote Code Execution Vulnerability KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2024-04060 Registration Authentication Bypass Vulnerability KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2024-01127 LoadMaster Pre-Authenticated OS Command Injection KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2023-20934 WS_FTP Server Ad Hoc Transfer Module .NET Deserialization Vulnerability KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
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Sources

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