CVE-2025-6723 MEDIUM

CVE-2025-6723: Untrusted user data can lead to privilege escalation

Vendor Progress Software
Product Chef Inspec
Weakness CWE-269
Published January 30, 2026
Last update March 11, 2026

CVSS base score

5.8/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality
Integrity

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

January 30, 2026 CVE published
March 11, 2026 Record updated