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CVE-2020-24566 json

In Octopus Deploy 2020.3.x before 2020.3.4 and 2020.4.x before 2020.4.1, if an authenticated user creates a deployment or runbook process u…

published 6y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-17285

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.8%
EPSS 1.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 78%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In Octopus Deploy 2020.3.x before 2020.3.4 and 2020.4.x before 2020.4.1, if an authenticated user creates a deployment or runbook process using Azure steps and sets the step's execution location to run on the server/worker, then (under certain circumstances) the account password is exposed in cleartext in the verbose task logs output.

Patch / fix

  • octopus octopus_deploy 2020.3.4

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Exploit prediction

1.81% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-532 Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

References

Sources

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