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CVE-2021-31822 (GCVE-0-2021-31822)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-11-24 00:35 – Updated: 2024-08-03 23:10
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Summary
When Octopus Tentacle is installed on a Linux operating system, the systemd service file permissions are misconfigured. This could lead to a local unprivileged user modifying the contents of the systemd service file to gain privileged access.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Local privilege escalation in Octopus Tentacle
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Octopus Deploy Octopus Tentacle Affected: 3.15.4 , < unspecified (custom)
Affected: unspecified , < 6.1.1116 (custom)
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