CVE-2021-31816 describes a plaintext password storage vulnerability affecting Octopus Server when initially configured with an external SQL database. During this setup, the database password is inadvertently written to the OctopusServer.txt log file. This vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.1 score of 7.5 (High), indicating a network-attackable flaw with low complexity that could lead to high confidentiality impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2020.6.5146CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:octopus:octopus_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 2021.1.7316CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:octopus:octopus_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 2020.6.5146CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:octopus:server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 2021.1.0, < 2021.1.7316CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:octopus:server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.