Vulnerability · Published Oct 7, 2021 · Assigned by Octopus

CVE-2021-26556

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Octopus Server from Octopus Deploy. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 18% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 81.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

When Octopus Server is installed using a custom folder location, folder ACLs are not set correctly and could lead to an unprivileged user using DLL side-loading to gain privileged access.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Octopus Deploy Octopus Server 0.9 – before unspecifiedunspecified – before 2020.4.2292020.5.0 – before unspecifiedunspecified – before 2020.5.256

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