CVE-2020-24566
In Octopus Deploy 2020.3.x before 2020.3.4 and 2020.4.x before 2020.4.1, if an authenticated user...
In Octopus Deploy 2020.3.x before 2020.3.4 and 2020.4.x before 2020.4.1, if an authenticated user creates a deployment or runbook process using Azure steps and sets the step's execution location to run on the server/worker, then (under certain circumstances) the account password is exposed in cleartext in the verbose task logs output.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
In Octopus Deploy 2020.3.x before 2020.3.4 and 2020.4.x before 2020.4.1, if an authenticated user creates a deployment or runbook process using Azure steps and sets the step's execution location to run on the server/worker, then (under certain circumstances) the account password is exposed in cleartext in the verbose task logs output.
- Record
CVE-2020-24566- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-532
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
In Octopus Deploy 2020.3.x before 2020.3.4 and 2020.4.x before 2020.4.1, if an authenticated user creates a deployment or runbook process using Azure steps and sets the step's execution location to run on the server/worker, then (under certain circumstances) the account password is exposed in cleartext in the verbose task logs output.
- Record
CVE-2020-24566- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-17285 No score
In Octopus Deploy 2020.3.x before 2020.3.4 and 2020.4.x before 2020.4.1, if an authenticated user creates a deployment or runbook process using Azure steps and sets the step's execution location to run on the server/worker, then (under certain circumstances) the account password is exposed in cleartext in the verbose task logs output.
- Record
EUVD-2020-17285- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-jmmv-5xg4-p56f No score
In Octopus Deploy 2020.3.x before 2020.3.4 and 2020.4.x before 2020.4.1, if an authenticated user...
In Octopus Deploy 2020.3.x before 2020.3.4 and 2020.4.x before 2020.4.1, if an authenticated user creates a deployment or runbook process using Azure steps and sets the step's execution location to run on the server/worker, then (under certain circumstances) the account password is exposed in cleartext in the verbose task logs output.
- Record
GHSA-jmmv-5xg4-p56f- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-24566 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Octopus Deploy, published September 9, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.81%, the 78th percentile. No source names a fixed version.