CVE-2010-5142
N/A
Published: August 8, 2012 at 10:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:26 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorChef
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
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.
Remediation
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Patch and advisory references
References (2)
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/opscode/chef/commit/c3bb41f727fbe00e5de719d687757b24c8dcdfc8Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264
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