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CVE-2026-14163 (GCVE-0-2026-14163)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-20 06:48 – Updated: 2026-08-20 15:20
VLAI
Summary
In affected versions of Octopus Server under certain circumstances it is possible for sensitive variables to be printed in the deployment variable snapshot in clear-text.
Severity
7.1 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-08-20 15:19 UTC
CWE
  • Sensitive Variables exposed in Deployment Variable Snapshot JSON
  • CWE-532 - Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Octopus Deploy Octopus Server Affected: 3.2.6 , < 2026.1.11587 (custom)
Affected: 2026.2.61 , < 2026.2.13190 (custom)
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Credits
This vulnerability was found by Octopus Deploy Customer
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