An issue was discovered in Octopus Deploy 3.4.
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Spoofing
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-295.
Summary
An issue was discovered in Octopus Deploy 3.4. A deployment target can be configured with an Account or Certificate that is outside the scope of the deployment target. An authorised user can potentially use a certificate that they are not in scope to use. An authorised user is also able to obtain certificate metadata by associating a certificate with certain resources that should fail scope validation.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 2
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:octopus:octopus_server:3.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 3.4.0 | Vulnerable | Octopus Deploy |
| cpe:2.3:a:octopus:server:3.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 3.4.0 | Vulnerable | Octopus Deploy |
- cpe:2.3:a:octopus:octopus_server:3.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.4.0 Vulnerable ·Octopus Deploy
- cpe:2.3:a:octopus:server:3.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.4.0 Vulnerable ·Octopus Deploy
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-16197
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-w4vm-8m9w-5qwm
References
More Octopus Deploy Octopus Server vulnerabilities
- TI-2018-13353 In Octopus Deploy 2018.8.0 through 2018.9.x before 2018.9.1, an authenticated user with… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2022-02375 Improper authentication in Octopus Server CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-02579 Insufficient session expiration in Octopus Server CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2018-08066 In Octopus Deploy 2018.4.4 through 2018.5.1, Octopus variables that are sourced from the… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-02575 In affected versions of Octopus Deploy it is possible to bypass rate limiting on login using null bytes. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-03678 In affected versions of Octopus Deploy it is possible for a user to introduce code via offline package creation CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2020-16197 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-16197 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-w4vm-8m9w-5qwm · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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