Octopus Server Session Cookie critical step in authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Octopus Server. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Session Cookie Handler. Such manipulation leads to critical step in authentication. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2022-2781. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Octopus Server (unknown version) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component Session Cookie Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a critical step in authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-304. The product implements an authentication technique, but it skips a step that weakens the technique. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

In affected versions of Octopus Server it was identified that the same encryption process was used for both encrypting session cookies and variables.

The weakness was released 10/06/2022. The advisory is shared for download at advisories.octopus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-2781 since 08/11/2022. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2022-35022). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.2

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VulDB Temp Score: 3.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Critical step in authentication
CWE: CWE-304
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

08/11/2022 🔍
10/06/2022 +56 days 🔍
10/06/2022 +0 days 🔍
05/27/2026 +1329 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: advisories.octopus.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-2781 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-2781
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-210236
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Entryinfo

Created: 10/06/2022 22:53
Updated: 05/27/2026 04:45
Changes: 10/06/2022 22:53 (36), 10/30/2022 18:00 (11), 05/27/2026 04:45 (15)
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