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Case File

CVE-2011-5098

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5 EPSS 1.68% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2012-08-08 · Last synced 2026-08-04

Field Assessment

AI analysis pending.

Exhibit — Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links
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CVE
CVE-2011-5098
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.5
EPSS
1.68%

Original Filing — NVD Description

chef-server-api/app/controllers/clients.rb in Chef Server in Chef before 0.9.20, and 0.10.x before 0.10.6, does not require administrative privileges for creating admin clients, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging read permission for the validation key and executing a knife client create command with the --admin option.