What is CVE-2021-21270?

CVE-2021-21270 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Octopus Octopusdsc, classified under Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2021-01-22.

How severe is CVE-2021-21270?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.2 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Octopus Octopusdsc

CVE-2021-21270

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.

EPSS: 0.003 (19.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.2 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Octopus Octopusdsc
Octopusdeploy Octopusdsc — versions < 4.0.1002

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-319 — Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
security-advisories@github.com (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes)
security-advisories@github.com (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
security-advisories@github.com (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-21270?: CVE-2021-21270 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Octopus Octopusdsc, classified under Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2021-01-22.
How severe is CVE-2021-21270?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.2 out of 10.