CVE-2022-2778 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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

Vendors	Products
Linux	Linux Kernel
Microsoft	Windows
Octopus	Octopus Server

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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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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

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'}`

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

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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