Improper Privilege Management in Octopus Deploy - CVE-2018-5706

 

Improper Privilege Management in Octopus Deploy - CVE-2018-5706

Published: January 16, 2018 / Updated: July 17, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU31362
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-5706
CWE-ID: CWE-269
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Octopus Deploy
Affected software:
Octopus Deploy

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to execute arbitrary code.

An issue was discovered in Octopus Deploy before 4.1.9. Any user with user editing permissions can modify teams to give themselves Administer System permissions even if they didn't have them, as demonstrated by use of the RoleEdit or TeamEdit permission.


How to mitigate CVE-2018-5706

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources