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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 8, 2012· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2011-5098

CVE-2011-5098

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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Affected products

35
  • Chef/Chef35 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 34 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=0.9.18
    • cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.10.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.7.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.7.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.7.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.8.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.8.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.8.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.8.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.9.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.9.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.9.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.9.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.9.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.9.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: <0.9.20, >=0.10.0 <0.10.6

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