We are delighted to announce the availability of version 25.12.1102 of Chef Workstation.
Release Date: December 15, 2025.
Component Updates
Test Kitchen
- Updated Test Kitchen to v3.9.1.
Knife
- Updated Knife from v18.8.13 to v18.8.68 to address code scanning alerts.
chef-cli
- Updated chef-cli from v5.6.21 to v5.6.23 to to address code scanning alerts
Security
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Updated cURL from v8.14.1 to v8.16.0 to resolve the following CVE:
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Updated OpenSSL from v3.2.4 to v3.2.6 to resolve the following CVE:
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Updated libxml2 from v2.13.8 to v2.14.4 to resolve the following CVE:
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Updated git-windows from v2.47.0 to v2.48.1 to resolve the following CVE:
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Updated REXML to v3.4.4 to address CVE-2025-58767
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Updated google-protobuf to v3.25.5 to address CVE-2024-7254
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Updated rack to v3.2.4 to address CVE-2025-61919
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Updated net-imap to v0.2.5 to address CVE-2025-43857
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Updated resolv to v0.2.3 to address CVE-2025-24294
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Updated The Go Programming Language (
Go
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Updated golang.org/spf13/cobra from v1.10.1 to v1.10.2.
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Updated golang.org/x/sys from v0.28.0 to v0.38.0.
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Updated the chef-zero Ruby gem to v15.0.26.
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Updated the activesupport Ruby gem to v7.0.10.
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Updated the kitchen-vagrant Ruby gem to v2.2.0.
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Updated the license_scout Ruby gem to 1.4.1.
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Updated the uri Ruby gem to 1.0.4.
Bug Fixes
- Updated Test Kitchen to v3.9.1 to resolve a Windows convergence issue introduced in v3.9.0. The issue prevented Chef configuration files (client.rb, dna.json, and cookbooks) from being detected on the guest system.
Packaging
We no longer build packages for:
- macOS 12 x86-64
- macOS 12 ARM64
Get the Build
If you are running the Chef Workstation toolbar application you can download this version from the menu after the app next update check. You can also download binaries directly from downloads.chef.io.
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