TI-2021-11814 Aliases CVE-2021-31817 GHSA-cg8q-mvmc-qr6h

Cleartext storage of sensitive information in Octopus Server

LOW 34CWE-312Published 2021-07-08 · Updated 2024-08-03

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · None · None
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-312.

Summary

When configuring Octopus Server if it is configured with an external SQL database, on initial configuration the database password is written to the OctopusServer.txt log file in plaintext.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00858 58th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed Octopus Server (Octopus Deploy): 2020.6.5146, 2021.1.7316

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
Octopus Deploy	Octopus Server	2020.6.4671 and later; before 2020.6.5146; 2021.1.7149 and later; before 2021.1.7316	2020.6.5146, 2021.1.7316	Patch available	CNA

Octopus Server VendorOctopus Deploy Affected 2020.6.4671 and later; before 2020.6.5146; 2021.1.7149 and later; before 2021.1.7316 Fixed in 2020.6.5146, 2021.1.7316 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:octopus:server::::::::	2020.6.0 to before 2020.6.5146; 2021.1.0 to before 2021.1.7316	Vulnerable	Octopus Deploy

cpe:2.3:a:octopus:server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2020.6.0 to before 2020.6.5146; 2021.1.0 to before 2021.1.7316 Vulnerable ·Octopus Deploy

Remediation

Fix · CNA Octopus Server (Octopus Deploy) Fixed in 2020.6.5146, 2021.1.7316

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

Release · 2021-07-08
Octopus Server 2020.6.5146, 2021.1.7316, unspecified
2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2021-11813 Cleartext storage of sensitive information in Octopus ServerPriority LOW 34
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Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-31817
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-cg8q-mvmc-qr6h

References

Other 1

https://advisories.octopus.com/adv/2021-06---Cleartext-Storage-of-Sensitive-Information-%28CVE-2021-31817%29.2121138201.html

TI-2021-11813 Cleartext storage of sensitive information in Octopus Server CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2021-10722 Cleartext storage of sensitive information in multiple versions of Octopus Server where… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2019-11610 In Octopus Tentacle versions 3.0.8 to 5.0.0, when a web request proxy is configured, an… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.5
TI-2019-11609 In Octopus Deploy versions 2018.8.4 to 2019.7.6, when a web request proxy is configured… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.5
TI-2019-13770 A persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Octopus Server 3.4.0 through… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
TI-2022-01375 Permissions were not properly verified in the API on projects using version control in… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3

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Sources

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