CVE-2020-14470
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 2018.8.0 through 2019.x before 2019.12.2, an authenticated user with could trigger a deployment that leaks the Helm Chart repository password.
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 confidenceOctopus Deploy versions 2018.8.0 through 2019.x before 2019.12.2 contain an information disclosure vulnerability where an authenticated user with deployment permissions can trigger a deployment process that exposes the Helm Chart repository password in logs or responses.
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>= 2018.8.0, < 2019.12.2CVSS 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:3.1/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 installed Octopus Deploy versionNavigate to the Octopus Web UI, click on your profile icon (top right), and select 'About' to view the exact version number. Alternatively, check the installation directory or theOctopus.Server.exe --version command-line output.Affected if The version is greater than or equal to 2018.8.0 and less than 2019.12.2.
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Verify Helm Chart repository is configuredIn the Octopus Web UI, go to 'Infrastructure' > 'Feeds' and look for any feed entries of type 'Helm'. Click on each Helm feed to view its configuration details.Affected if A Helm Chart repository feed is configured with credentials stored in the feed settings.
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Identify deployment processes using Helm stepsNavigate to 'Projects' and review each project's 'Process' tab. Look for 'Deploy a Helm chart' step types that interact with the configured Helm repository.Affected if Deployment processes contain Helm chart deployment steps that pull from the configured Helm repository.
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Review deployment logs for credential exposureIn the Octopus Web UI, go to 'Tasks' and examine recent deployment task logs. Search for any instances where repository URLs or authentication parameters appear in plain text within log output.Affected if Helm repository credentials (username/password) appear in plain text in any deployment logs or API responses.
You are affected if your Octopus Deploy version is between 2018.8.0 and 2019.12.1 inclusive AND you have Helm Chart repository feeds configured with credentials that could have been exposed during deployments.
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 data2019.12.2
Upgrade Octopus Deploy to version 2019.12.2 or later. Rotate any Helm Chart repository credentials that may have been exposed during the vulnerability window.
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- Review / QA2.0 h
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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.
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- 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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