PT-2021-17035 · Octopus · Octopus Tentacle

Published 2021-10-07 · Updated 2021-10-15 · CVE-2021-26557

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Octopus Tentacle (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue arises when Octopus Tentacle is installed using a custom folder location, resulting in incorrect folder ACLs. This could allow an unprivileged user to exploit DLL side-loading, potentially gaining privileged access.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Untrusted Search Path

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-426

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-26557

Affected Products

Octopus Tentacle

References · 4

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-26557 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-26557 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/22049 · Telegram Post
• https://advisories.octopus.com/adv/2021-02---Local-privilege-escalation-in-Octopus-Tentacle-%28CVE-2021-26557%29.1732870264.html · Note