CVE-2011-5098

Published Aug 8, 2012 CVSS 2.0 · 6.5 Medium EPSS 1.7% KEV · Not listed
Description
chef-server-api/app/controllers/clients.rb in Chef Server in Chef before 0.9.20, and 0.10.x before 0.10.6, does not require administrative privileges for creating admin clients, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging read permission for the validation key and executing a knife client create command with the --admin option.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2011-4998 chef-server-api/app/controllers/clients.rb in Chef Server in Chef before 0.9.20, and 0.10.x before 0.10.6, does not require administrative privileges for creating admin clients, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging read permission for the validation key and executing a knife client create command with the --admin option.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Sep 17, 2024, 3:42 AM
Reserved
Aug 8, 2012, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Aug 8, 2012, 10:26 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:35 PM