CVE-2026-8668 (GCVE-0-2026-8668)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-18 21:19 – Updated: 2026-06-22 18:23
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Title
Hardcoded credentials in embedded content
Summary
A static credential embedded in Chef 360 prior to v1.7.0 permitted unauthenticated access to internal message queues.  Queue messages contained tenant-specific identifiers.  The credential has been rotated and replaced with per-tenant access in subsequent versions, eliminating this access method entirely.
Severity ?
2.3 (Low)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:H/SI:N/SA:L/E:P/S:N/AU:Y/RE:L
CWE
  • CWE-523 - Unprotected transport of credentials
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Progress Chef Chef360 Affected: 0 , < 1.7.1 (semver)
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