Is chef-winrm safe to use?

chef-winrm has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (2.5.0). DepScope rates its health at 60/100 (moderate risk).

What is the latest version of chef-winrm?

The latest version of chef-winrm is 2.5.0, released 2026-01-14.

Does chef-winrm have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of chef-winrm.

Is chef-winrm deprecated?

No, chef-winrm is actively maintained. Latest release: 2.5.0 (2026-01-14).

What are alternatives to chef-winrm?

Popular alternatives to chef-winrm in RubyGems include: jmespath, netrc, thread_safe, crass, tzinfo.

What license does chef-winrm use?

chef-winrm is licensed under Apache-2.0.

chef-winrm

rubygemsv2.5.0

Ruby library for Windows Remote Management

License Apache-2.0permissive6 versions9 deps212,170 weekly dl

WinRb/WinRM

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Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 60/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

15/25

maintenance

14/20

popularity

25/25

security

6/15

maturity

0/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (9)

builder chef-gyoku erubi gssapi httpclient logging nori rexml rubyntlm

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