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CVE-2022-2075: 
Octopus Deploy vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Regex Denial of Service (ReDoS) vulnerability was discovered in Octopus Server's build information request validation (CVE-2022-2075). The vulnerability was discovered on June 6, 2022, and patched on June 21, 2022. This vulnerability affected all versions of Octopus Server from 0.x.x through 2022.3.x before version 2022.3.4953 (Octopus Advisory).

Technical details

When exploited, this vulnerability could cause Octopus Server to become unresponsive due to excessive CPU usage through a Regex Denial of Service attack targeting the build information request validation. The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium severity) (Octopus Advisory).

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability results in Octopus Server becoming unresponsive due to excessive CPU usage, effectively creating a denial of service condition (Octopus Advisory).

Mitigation and workarounds

There are no known mitigations for this vulnerability other than upgrading to a fixed version. The issue was patched in Octopus Server versions 2022.1.2894, 2022.2.6872, and 2022.3.4953. Users are strongly recommended to upgrade to these or later versions as soon as possible (Octopus Advisory).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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