CVE-2026-96414
What it is
In affected versions of Octopus Server, insufficient integrity protection of authentication cookies, combined with incorrect validation of permissions assigned to a user that allowed them to view users or audit events, could result in the user escalating their privileges to those of an Administrator.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network with a low-privilege account. High risk of data exposure, data tampering, service disruption.
- Fix
- No patch or advisory is linked yet. Look at mitigations or restrict exposure.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: not scored yet.
- Severity: 7.7 HIGH (CVSS).
- Fix: none linked yet, which raises it.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Weakness
- CWE-649
- Record status
- Received
Affected
- Octopus Deploy Octopus Server < 2026.2.13487
- Octopus Deploy Octopus Server < 2026.3.15875
Attack profile CVSS 4.0 · 7.7
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Raw vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
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