CVE-2026-80462

CRITICALPre-NVD 10.010.0—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 10.0 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2026-09-11. a secondary CVSS source baseline 10.0; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
10.0EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 10.0Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

A vulnerability in the Chef Automate API gateway and identity validation path may allow an unauthenticated actor to gain elevated access to protected Chef Automate functionality under specific conditions.

CVSS v3
10.0
EG Score
10.0(high)
EG Risk
60(Track)
EG Risk 60/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity100% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
23%
KEV
Not listed

Published

September 11, 2026

Last Modified

September 18, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Sep 18, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Progress Customer Community

https://community.progress.com/s/article/Critical-Security-Bulletin---August-2026---Chef-Automate-Security-Vulnerability

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-80462(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 51× in last 7d / 65× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-09-20 02:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-09-19 21:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-19 17:26 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-09-19 17:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-09-19 13:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-09-19 08:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-09-19 04:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-09-18 23:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-09-18 19:33 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-09-18 19:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-09-18 16:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-09-18 12:19 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-09-18 12:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-09-18 08:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-09-18 04:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-09-18 00:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-09-17 19:43 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-09-17 19:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-09-17 14:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-09-17 10:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-09-17 05:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-09-17 01:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-09-16 21:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-09-16 16:06 UTCEG score recompute
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  1. 2026-09-16 16:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-09-16 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-09-16 11:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-09-16 07:22 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-09-16 07:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-09-16 05:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-09-16 03:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-09-15 22:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-09-15 18:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-09-15 13:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-09-15 09:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-09-15 04:46 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-09-15 04:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-09-15 03:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-09-15 03:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-09-15 00:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-09-14 19:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-09-14 15:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-14 11:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-09-14 06:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-09-14 02:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-09-13 22:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-09-13 17:47 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-09-13 17:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-09-13 13:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  26. 2026-09-13 09:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  27. 2026-09-13 04:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  28. 2026-09-13 00:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  29. 2026-09-12 19:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  30. 2026-09-12 15:36 UTCEG score recompute
  31. 2026-09-12 15:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  32. 2026-09-12 11:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  33. 2026-09-12 06:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  34. 2026-09-12 02:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  35. 2026-09-11 22:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  36. 2026-09-11 17:46 UTCEG score recompute
  37. 2026-09-11 17:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  38. 2026-09-11 13:23 UTCEG score recompute
  39. 2026-09-11 12:40 UTCEG score recompute
  40. 2026-09-11 12:39 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-80462?
CVE-2026-80462 is a critical vulnerability published on September 11, 2026. A vulnerability in the Chef Automate API gateway and identity validation path may allow an unauthenticated actor to gain elevated access to protected Chef Automate functionality under specific conditions.
When was CVE-2026-80462 disclosed?
CVE-2026-80462 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on September 11, 2026, with the most recent update on September 18, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-80462 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-80462 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 76.5% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-80462?
CVE-2026-80462 has a CVSS v3 base score of 10.0 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-80462?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-80462, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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