Medium severity6.2NVD Advisory· Published Jan 22, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-21270
CVE-2021-21270
Description
OctopusDSC is a PowerShell module with DSC resources that can be used to install and configure an Octopus Deploy Server and Tentacle agent. In OctopusDSC version 4.0.977 and earlier a customer API key used to connect to Octopus Server is exposed via logging in plaintext. This vulnerability is patched in version 4.0.1002.
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Affected products
3cpe:2.3:a:octopus:octopusdsc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:octopus:octopusdsc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <4.0.1002
- (no CPE)range: <=4.0.977
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.1002
Patches
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References
4- github.com/OctopusDeploy/OctopusDSC/commit/24b448e6ac964ed938475add494a145c0473ac42nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/OctopusDeploy/OctopusDSC/pull/270nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/OctopusDeploy/OctopusDSC/releases/tag/v4.0.1002nvdRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
- github.com/OctopusDeploy/OctopusDSC/security/advisories/GHSA-phmm-rfg9-94fmnvdThird Party Advisory
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