CVE-2019-15507
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedIn Octopus Deploy versions 2018.8.4 to 2019.7.6, when a web request proxy is configured, an authenticated user (in certain limited special-characters circumstances) could trigger a deployment that writes the web request proxy password to the deployment log in cleartext. This is fixed in 2019.7.7. The fix was back-ported to LTS 2019.6.7 as well as LTS 2019.3.8.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceIn Octopus Deploy 2018.8.4-2019.7.6, when a web request proxy is configured with certain special-character circumstances, an authenticated user can trigger a deployment that writes the proxy password in cleartext to the deployment logs, resulting in credential exposure.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data>= 2018.8.4, <= 2019.7.6CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Check Octopus Server versionNavigate to Configuration > About in the Octopus UI, or run 'Octopus.Server version' from the command line if you have server accessAffected if version is 2018.8.4 through 2019.7.6 inclusive (vulnerable range)
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Confirm web request proxy with authentication is configuredNavigate to Infrastructure > Proxies in the Octopus UI, or query the configuration database for proxy entries where authentication is enabledAffected if a web request proxy with username/password authentication is configured and in use
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Search deployment logs for exposed proxy credentialsReview recent and historical deployment task logs, searching for the proxy username or any plaintext password patterns that may have been written during deploymentsAffected if proxy passwords appear in cleartext within any deployment logs
You are affected if running Octopus Server 2018.8.4-2019.7.6 with a configured proxy that uses authentication, and deployment logs contain plaintext proxy passwords.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpgrade to Octopus Deploy 2019.7.7 or later, or the backported LTS versions (2019.6.7 or 2019.3.8). Review existing deployment logs for exposed proxy passwords and rotate compromised credentials.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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