CVE-2018-5706

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-01-16 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-269

Description

An issue was discovered in Octopus Deploy before 4.1.9. Any user with user editing permissions can modify teams to give themselves Administer System permissions even if they didn't have them, as demonstrated by use of the RoleEdit or TeamEdit permission.

Affected products

Octopus Deploy: before 4.1.9 — fixed in 4.1.9

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Octopus Deploy 4.1.9. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://github.com/OctopusDeploy/Issues/issues/4167
https://github.com/OctopusDeploy/Issues/issues/4167

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