Progress Chef Chef360 up to 1.7.0 unprotected transport of credentials

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Progress Chef Chef360 up to 1.7.0. Impacted is an unknown function. The manipulation results in unprotected transport of credentials. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-8668. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Progress Chef Chef360 up to 1.7.0. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unprotected transport of credentials vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-523. Login pages do not use adequate measures to protect the user name and password while they are in transit from the client to the server. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

A static credential embedded in Chef 360 prior to v1.7.0 permitted unauthenticated access to internal message queues.  Queue messages contained tenant-specific identifiers.  The credential has been rotated and replaced with per-tenant access in subsequent versions, eliminating this access method entirely.

The advisory is shared for download at docs.chef.io. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-8668 since 05/15/2026. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1557.

It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Upgrading to version 1.7.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.0

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Unprotected transport of credentials
CWE: CWE-523 / CWE-522
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Chef360 1.7.1

Timelineinfo

05/15/2026 CVE reserved
06/19/2026 +35 days Advisory disclosed
06/19/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
06/19/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: docs.chef.io
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-8668 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-8668
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-372300

Entryinfo

Created: 06/19/2026 07:54
Changes: 06/19/2026 07:54 (69)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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