Is CVE-2008-6566 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2008-6566 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2008-6566?

CVE-2008-6566 has a CVSS v2 base score of 10.0 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2008-6566?

CVE-2008-6566 has an EPSS score of 1.60% (73th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2008-6566?

Upgrade octopussy to 0.9.5.8 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2008-6566

HIGHEPSS 73th pctl

10.0

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Octopussy before 0.9.5.8 has unknown impact and attack vectors related to a "major security" vulnerability.

How to fix

Remediation Available

octopussyNVD

Affected:< 0.9.5.8Fixed in:0.9.5.8CVE-2008-6566derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

1.60%probability of exploitation in 30 days

73rdpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 73% of all known CVEs.

References

Third-Party Advisory1

freshmeat.net

Other references1

osvdb.org

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-23.