CVE-2011-5098 Privilege escalation in n/a
Authenticated users can escalate privileges to admin by creating admin clients without proper authorization checks in Chef Server.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2011-5098?
CVE-2011-5098 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 8 Aug 2012. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-5098?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Opscode Chef.
How do I fix CVE-2011-5098?
No fix has been published for CVE-2011-5098 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2011-5098 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-5098 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-q923-fjjc-9frg.