CVE-2025-6723 Untrusted user data can lead to privilege escalation
Local attackers can exploit overly permissive named pipes in Chef InSpec to assume execution context, leading to privilege escalation or operational disruption.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-6723?
CVE-2025-6723 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Progress Software Chef Inspec, published on 30 Jan 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-6723?
How do I fix CVE-2025-6723?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-6723 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-6723 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-6723 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qqgm-c595-2xpg.