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CVE-2021-21270 Detail

Description

OctopusDSC is a PowerShell module with DSC resources that can be used to install and configure an Octopus Deploy Server and Tentacle agent. In OctopusDSC version 4.0.977 and earlier a customer API key used to connect to Octopus Server is exposed via logging in plaintext. This vulnerability is patched in version 4.0.1002.


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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://github.com/OctopusDeploy/OctopusDSC/commit/24b448e6ac964ed938475add494a145c0473ac42 CVE, GitHub, Inc. Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/OctopusDeploy/OctopusDSC/pull/270 CVE, GitHub, Inc. Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/OctopusDeploy/OctopusDSC/releases/tag/v4.0.1002 CVE, GitHub, Inc. Release Notes  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/OctopusDeploy/OctopusDSC/security/advisories/GHSA-phmm-rfg9-94fm CVE, GitHub, Inc. Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-319 Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information GitHub, Inc.  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2021-21270
NVD Published Date:
01/22/2021
NVD Last Modified:
11/21/2024
Source:
GitHub, Inc.