CVE•Published 2026-09-11•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-80462
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
10.0
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
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Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
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.
Timeline
Published 2026-09-11
Modified 2026-09-11
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-80462Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-80462Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-80462Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-80462GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-80462" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.