Vulnerability · Published Oct 7, 2021 · Assigned by Octopus
CVE-2021-26557
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in Octopus Tentacle 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 26% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 74.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
When Octopus Tentacle 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)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Octopus Deploy | Octopus Tentacle | 3.15.4 – before unspecifiedunspecified – before 6.0.489 |