CVE Catalog

CVE-2015-8559

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The knife bootstrap command in Chef Infra client before version 15.4.45 leaks the private RSA key validator.pem to /var/log/messages.

Risk Assessment

The exposure of the private RSA key may lead to unauthorized access to resources managed by Chef, posing a serious security risk to the organization.

Recommendation

It is recommended to upgrade the Chef Infra client to version 15.4.45 or later to prevent key leakage.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

The knife bootstrap command in chef Infra client before version 15.4.45 leaks the validator.pem private RSA key to /var/log/messages.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS