{"cve":"CVE-2010-5142","nvd":{"published":"2012-08-08T10:26:17.503","modified":"2026-06-16T23:26:10.700","status":"Modified","description":"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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-264"],"references":["http://tickets.opscode.com/browse/CHEF-1289","https://github.com/opscode/chef/commit/c3bb41f727fbe00e5de719d687757b24c8dcdfc8","http://tickets.opscode.com/browse/CHEF-1289","https://github.com/opscode/chef/commit/c3bb41f727fbe00e5de719d687757b24c8dcdfc8"],"products":["opscode:chef"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:24:00.973572543+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2010-5142","score":0.0157,"percentile":0.75377,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-f68m-q26r-64f6","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-f68m-q26r-64f6","summary":"Chef Improper Access Control vulnerability","modified":"2024-12-06T05:25:24.468184Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"RubyGems","name":"chef","purl":"pkg:gem/chef","ranges":["<0.9.0"],"fixed":["0.9.0"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}