CVE-2011-5097

CVE-2011-5097 describes an authorization bypass vulnerability in Chef Server versions prior to 0.9.18 and 0.10.2. Authenticated users, without administrative privileges, could upload or delete cookbooks using the knife command-line tool. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5, indicating a medium severity, as it requires authentication but has low attack complexity, potentially leading to data integrity and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this decade-old vulnerability.