CVE-2026-14163 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

In affected versions of Octopus Server under certain circumstances it is possible for sensitive variables to be printed in the deployment variable snapshot in clear-text.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None

Vulnerable System Availability Impact None

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00226.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Octopus	Octopus Server

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Vendors	Products
Octopus	Octopus Server

References

Link	Providers
https://advisories.octopus.com/post/2026/sa2026-07/

History

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 13:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Octopus Octopus octopus Server
Vendors & Products		Octopus Octopus octopus Server

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 22:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Title		Information Exposure of Sensitive Variables in Octopus Deploy Server Deployment Snapshots

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 16:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-532

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		In affected versions of Octopus Server under certain circumstances it is possible for sensitive variables to be printed in the deployment variable snapshot in clear-text.
References		https://advisories.octopus.com/post/2026/sa2026-07/
Metrics		cvssV4_0 `{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Octopus

Published: 2026-08-20T06:48:07.436Z

Updated: 2026-08-20T15:20:16.958Z

Reserved: 2026-06-30T05:02:49.177Z

Link: CVE-2026-14163

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-20T07:16:32.250

Modified: 2026-08-20T16:17:06.823

Link: CVE-2026-14163

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-21T13:02:24Z

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