CVE-2025-6723 — Untrusted user data can lead to privilege escalation
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 conne…
Published: 2026-01-30 · CVSS: 5.8 · CVSS 4.0
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
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7