CVE-2026-8668

published 2026-06-18

CVE-2026-8668: A static credential embedded in Chef 360 prior to v1.7.0 permitted unauthenticated access to internal message queues. Queue messages contained tenant-specific…

Priority P4 15 low 2.3 CVSS 4.0

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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.

Affected

1 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
progress_chef	chef360	< 1.7.1	1.7.1

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