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CVE-2017-7174

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-03-17 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

The user-account creation feature in Chef Manage 2.1.0 through 2.4.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. This is fixed in 2.4.5.

Affected products

• Chef Manage Project Chef Manage: 2.1.0, 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.2.0, 2.2.1, 2.3.0 (+5)

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97069
• https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-manage-2-4-5-security-release/10599
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97069
• https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-manage-2-4-5-security-release/10599

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