CVE-2022-2778 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

In affected versions of Octopus Deploy it is possible to bypass rate limiting on login using null bytes.

Published: 2022-09-30

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Octopus Deploy

Octopus Server

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`3.0`	affected	< unspecified
`unspecified`	affected	< 2022.2.8277
`2022.3.348`	affected	< unspecified
`unspecified`	affected	< 2022.3.10586
`2022.4.791`	affected	< unspecified
`unspecified`	affected	< 2022.4.1371

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:a:octopus:octopus_server::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:octopus:octopus_server::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:octopus:octopus_server::::::::

OR	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-35019	In affected versions of Octopus Deploy it is possible to bypass rate limiting on login using null bytes.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00591.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://advisories.octopus.com/post/2022/sa2022-15/

History

Tue, 20 May 2025 21:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Linux Linux Kernel

Microsoft Windows

Octopus Octopus Server

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Octopus

Published: 2022-09-30T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-20T20:16:56.443Z

Reserved: 2022-08-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-2778

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T00:46:04.507Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-09-30T04:15:10.417

Modified: 2025-05-20T21:15:21.657

Link: CVE-2022-2778

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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