CVE-2010-5142

chef-server-api/app/controllers/users.rb in the API in Chef before 0.9.0 does not require administrative privileges for the create, destroy, and update methods, which allows remote authenticated users to manage user accounts via requests to the /users URI.

Published: 2012-08-08 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2010-5142 is rated Moderate Risk (52.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.61%). EPSS rose +1.22% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-5142

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.39% 1.61% +1.22%
2 2025-03-17 0.22% 0.39% +0.17%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.22% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-5142

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2010-5142

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2010-5142

GHSA-f68m-q26r-64f6 · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: rubygems — Chef Improper Access Control vulnerability

OS Trackers for CVE-2010-5142

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2010-5142 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (chef, chef-server-api), 18 status rows across 9 suites (hardy, lucid, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, upstream): DNE 7, not-affected 6, ignored 3, needs-triage 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-5142

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-5142

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
opscode chef <= 0.8.10 cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opscode chef 0.7.2 cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opscode chef 0.7.4 cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opscode chef 0.7.6 cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opscode chef 0.7.8 cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.7.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opscode chef 0.7.10 cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opscode chef 0.7.12 cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.7.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opscode chef 0.7.14 cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.7.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opscode chef 0.8.2 cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opscode chef 0.8.4 cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opscode chef 0.8.6 cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opscode chef 0.8.8 cpe:2.3:a:opscode:chef:0.8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-5142

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