CVE-2017-7174 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2017-7174

The user-account creation feature in Chef Manage 2.1.0 through 2.4.4...

Vulnerability Description

The user-account creation feature in Chef Manage 2.1.0 through 2.4.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. This is fixed in 2.4.5.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

chef manage project

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Affected Software

chef manage
Vulnerable Versions:
2.1.0, 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.2.0, 2.2.1, 2.3.0, 2.4.0, 2.4.1, 2.4.2, 2.4.3, 2.4.4

Timeline

Official Publish: March 17th, 2017
Last Modified: August 5th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.