CVEs / CVE-2025-8868
CVE-2025-8868: Progress Software Chef Automate vulnerability
- high 8.8 CVSS 3.1 (NVD)
- EPSS 27.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
- Last changed at its sources
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Description
In Progress Chef Automate, versions earlier than 4.13.295, on Linux x86 platform, an authenticated attacker can gain access to Chef Automate restricted functionality in the compliance service via improperly neutralized inputs used in an SQL command using a well-known token.
Affected and fixed versions
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Progress Software Chef Automate | before 4.13.295 | 4.13.295 |
Exploitation
Not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as of 6 Nov 2026.
Severity
| CVSS 3.1 | 8.8 highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HScored by NVD |
|---|---|
| Weakness | CWE-89, CWE-200 |
References
- CVE-2025-8868 on NVD
- CVE-2025-8868 on OSV
- https://docs.chef.io/release_notes_automate/#4.13.295 Patch
Sources
Exploitation status from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. EPSS scores from FIRST. Descriptions, severity and references from the National Vulnerability Database. Open-source package versions from OSV (CC-BY 4.0). Text is shown as each source states it; Stackurity does not edit it. Check the vendor's advisory before acting.
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