CVE-2015-8559
high
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.5
Description
The knife bootstrap command in chef Infra client before version 15.4.45 leaks the validator.pem private RSA key to /var/log/messages.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| chef | chef | {"endExcluding":"15.4.45"} | 15.4.45 |
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/14/14
- https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-infra-client-15-4-45-released/16081
- https://github.com/chef/chef/issues/3871
- https://github.com/chef/chef/pull/8885
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/14/14
- https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-infra-client-15-4-45-released/16081
- https://github.com/chef/chef/issues/3871
- https://github.com/chef/chef/pull/8885
CWEs
CWE-200
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.