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CVE-2018-18850

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-18850 is a critical vulnerability affecting Octopus Deploy Server versions 2018.8.0 through 2018.9.x before 2018.9.1. It allows an authenticated user with deployment process modification privileges to achieve remote code execution by uploading a specially crafted YAML configuration, potentially running with SYSTEM privileges on self-hosted instances. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 8.8 (High) due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog, a Metasploit module exists, indicating readily available exploit code, though there is minimal public discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 2018.8.0, <= 2018.8.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:octopus:octopus_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2018.9.0, < 2018.9.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:octopus:octopus_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
12.47%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: Octopus Deploy Authenticated Code Execution · May 15, 2017
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1247 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 17,808 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

github.com / OctopusDeploy/Issues/issues/5042
Third Party Advisory