CVE-2025-6723CWE-269CWE-287

Untrusted user data can lead to privilege escalation

Medium · published January 30, 2026

CVSS v4.0
5.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
2.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
5.8 · MEDIUM
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
EPSS
0.00134 · 2.7th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-269 · Improper Privilege Management; CWE-287 · Improper Authentication
Published
2026-01-30T14:09Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 30 JAN 14:09Z
    Untrusted user data can lead to privilege escalation
    cvelistv5