What is CVE-2022-2720?

CVE-2022-2720 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Octopus Server, classified under Exposure of Private Personal Information to an Unauthorized Actor. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2022-10-12.

How severe is CVE-2022-2720?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Octopus Server

CVE-2022-2720

In affected versions of Octopus Server it was identified that when a sensitive value is a substring of another value, sensitive value masking will only partially work.

Published 2022-10-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (40.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 40th percentile — 40.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Octopus Server
Octopus Deploy Server — versions 3.16.4, unspecified, 2022.2.6729

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-359 — Exposure of Private Personal Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

advisories.octopus.com/post/2022/sa2022-18/ (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-2720?: CVE-2022-2720 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Octopus Server, classified under Exposure of Private Personal Information to an Unauthorized Actor. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2022-10-12.
How severe is CVE-2022-2720?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.