CVE-2023-42658

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

0.28% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 20.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2023-10-31 14:08Z2 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-09-06 16:00Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2023-09-12

Assigning CNA

ProgressSoftware

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')Base
• CWE-917Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an Expression Language Statement ('Expression Language Injection')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

aacf87f2bdd62398f6f8fbcaaff6c5fb675f72f6ca7c2e45cac04b0a485a4887

• docs.chef.iohttps://docs.chef.io/release_notes_inspec/release-notes
• docs.chef.iohttps://docs.chef.io/inspec/cli/release-notes
• community.progress.comhttps://community.progress.com/s/article/Product-Alert-Bulletin-October-2023-CHEF-Inspec-CVE-2023-42658vendor-advisory