CVE-2022-2572· NVD / CVE Program· CNA Octopus

In affected versions of Octopus Server where access is managed by an external authentication provider, it was possible that the API key/keys

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 39/100)

The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.90% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 59.4% of all records.
Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
According to CISA the attack is automatable: targets can be found by mass scanning.
According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.

Low priority for now. Update when a fix is released; follow the vendor's advisory.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

In affected versions of Octopus Server where access is managed by an external authentication provider, it was possible that the API key/keys of a disabled/deleted user were still valid after the access was revoked.

CriticalCVSS 9.8 · v3.1—No exploit No fix recorded

Published: Oct 31, 2022
Updated: Jun 17, 2026
EPSS: 0.9% · 59th percentile
CWE: CWE-287

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Action score

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS: 39 / 40 · 9.8 / 10
CISA KEV: 0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS: 0 / 30 · 0.9%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: total

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

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Vendor	Product	CPE
octopus	octopus server	cpe:2.3:a:octopus:octopus_server

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

octopus octopus server3.5 and later · before 2022.1.3264
octopus octopus server2022.2.6729 and later · before 2022.2.8277
octopus octopus server2022.3.348 and later · before 2022.3.10586
octopus octopus server2022.4.791 and later · before 2022.4.2898

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Octopus). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

Octopus Deploy Octopus Server
- 3.5 and later · before unspecifiedaffected
- unspecified and later · before 2022.1.3264affected
- 2022.2.6729 and later · before unspecifiedaffected
- unspecified and later · before 2022.2.8277affected
- 2022.3.348 and later · before unspecifiedaffected
- unspecified and later · before 2022.3.10586affected
- 2022.4.791 and later · before unspecifiedaffected
- unspecified and later · before 2022.4.2898affected

Same product

octopus: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

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CVE-2022-2778In affected versions of Octopus Deploy it is possible to bypass rate limiting on login using null bytes.
39Monitor
CVE-2018-11320In Octopus Deploy 2018.4.4 through 2018.5.1, Octopus variables that are sourced from the target do not have sensitive values obfuscated in t
39Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

← EarlierCVE-2022-2508Oct 27, 2022 · In affected versions of Octopus Server it is possible to reveal the existence of resources in a space that the user does not have access to
21Monitor
← EarlierCVE-2022-2782Oct 27, 2022 · In affected versions of Octopus Server it is possible for a session token to be valid indefinitely due to improper validation of the session
36Monitor
Later →CVE-2022-2721Nov 25, 2022 · In affected versions of Octopus Server it is possible for target discovery to print certain values marked as sensitive to log files in plain
30Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

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Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

CVE-2022-4009136 days apartIn affected versions of Octopus Deploy it is possible for a user to introduce code via offline package creation
35Monitor

Bug bounty scope

OctopusBugcrowd · paid · up to $6,000

The product’s vendor appears in a public program. Matched by name; verify the scope text in the program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
No account or password is required.
No user action is required.
No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality: high · data can be read
Integrity: high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability: high · the service can be disrupted

Attack vector: Network
Attack complexity: Low
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality impact: High
Integrity impact: High
Availability impact: High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-287 · Improper Authentication

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-primary

Root cause

Authentication is added route by route instead of being enforced in one place. When a route added later bypasses the shared middleware, the session check never runs for it.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-287 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

1app.use("/admin", requireSession, adminRouter);
2

3// Route added later skips the middleware
4app.post("/admin-api/config", updateConfig);

Fixed

1const admin = express.Router();
2admin.use(requireSession, requireRole("admin"));
3

4admin.post("/config", updateConfig);
5app.use("/admin", admin);

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

Attack patterns (CAPEC)

ATT&CK techniques

Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

advisories.octopus.com/post/2022/sa2022-23/

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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