CVE-2021-21270

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-21270
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-01-22 18:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-02-01 16:37:00 UTC
DescriptionOctopusDSC 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-319

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Octopus Octopusdsc All All All All
Application Octopus Octopusdsc All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[Bug fix] Prevent exposing API key secret in stdout logging (#270) · OctopusDeploy/OctopusDSC@24b448e · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
[Bug fix] Prevent exposing API key secret in stdout logging by paulegradie · Pull Request #270 · OctopusDeploy/OctopusDSC · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information · Advisory · OctopusDeploy/OctopusDSC · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Third Party Advisory
Release v4.0.1002 · OctopusDeploy/OctopusDSC · GitHub MISC github.com Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
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