CVE-2020-24566

Q: How do I fix CVE-2020-24566?

Upgrade octopus deploy to 2020.3.4 or later.

Q: Is CVE-2020-24566 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2020-24566 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 1.8% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 77% of all scored CVEs.

Q: How severe is CVE-2020-24566?

CVE-2020-24566 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

Q: What does CVE-2020-24566 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for octopus deploy (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

HIGHEPSS 77th pctl

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

In Octopus Deploy 2020.3.x before 2020.3.4 and 2020.4.x before 2020.4.1, if an authenticated user creates a deployment or runbook process using Azure steps and sets the step's execution location to run on the server/worker, then (under certain circumstances) the account password is exposed in cleartext in the verbose task logs output.

CWE-532

How to fix

Remediation Available

octopus deployNVD

Affected:>= 2020.3, < 2020.3.4Fixed in:2020.3.4CVE-2020-24566derived from NVD

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

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

1.81%probability of exploitation in 30 days

77thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 77% of all known CVEs.

References

Third-Party Advisory2

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-532 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2019-1622	Medium	5.3	79%	-	-
CVE-2020-35234	High	7.5	65%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-43261	High	7.5	59%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-20440	High	7.5	52%	-	-
CVE-2018-3609	High	8.1	21%	-	-
CVE-2018-8719	Medium	5.3	17%	-	-

Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2020-24566?

Upgrade octopus deploy to 2020.3.4 or later.

Is CVE-2020-24566 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2020-24566 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 1.8% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 77% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2020-24566?

CVE-2020-24566 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2020-24566 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for octopus deploy (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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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 2024-11-21.