Medium severity · published Oct 6, 2022
CVE-2022-2781
In affected versions of Octopus Server it was identified that the same encryption process was used for both encrypting session cookies and variables
5.3
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In affected versions of Octopus Server it was identified that the same encryption process was used for both encrypting session cookies and variables.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 14% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OS
Octopus Server · Octopus Deploy
3.2.10 before unspecified; before 2022.1.3154; 2022.2.6729 before unspecified; before 2022.2.7897; 2022.3.348 before unspecified; before 2022.3.10586 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2781
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2781
Vendor Advisory
https://advisories.octopus.com/post/2022/sa2022-16/
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