CVE-2026-80462

critical

A vulnerability in the Chef Automate API gateway and identity validation path may allow an unauthenticated actor to gain elevated access to protected Chef Auto…

A vulnerability in the Chef Automate API gateway and identity validation path may allow an unauthenticated actor to gain elevated access to protected Chef Automate functionality under specific conditions.

CVSS

10.0

10.0 (CVSS v3.1)

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (security@progress.com)

Timeline (UTC)

Published: 2026-09-11 13:18

Modified: 2026-09-18 19:29

NVD status: Deferred

Last synced 2 days ago

Verified against the source API 2026-10-27 06:52 UTC

Exploitation

Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)

Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).

Affected products

Not reported by the source (unknown — not "none").

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-306

Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.

Mitigation & advisories

No vendor advisory or patch reference tagged by NVD. Check the references below.

References

https://community.progress.com/s/article/Critical-Security-Bulletin---August-2026---Chef-A... security@progress.com

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 06:52 UTC · record ↗

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