Security Advisory 2026-21
| Summary | Privilege escalation via LDAP login editing |
| Advisory Number | 2026-21 |
| Discovery Date | 27 AUG 2026 |
| Patch Release Date | 04 OCT 2026 |
| Advisory Release Date | 11 NOV 2026 |
| Product | Octopus Server |
| Operating System | Linux and Microsoft Windows |
| Severity | High |
| CVE ID | CVE-2026-105948 |
Customers who have downloaded and installed any of the Octopus Server versions listed below ("Details") are affected.
Please upgrade your Octopus Server immediately to fix this vulnerability.
Customers who have upgraded Octopus Server to version 2026.3.15909 or higher are not affected.
Severity
Octopus Deploy has given this vulnerability a High rating. This rating was given according to the Octopus Deploy severity levels, which ranks vulnerabilities as critical, high, medium, or low severity.
This is our assessment and you should evaluate its applicability to your own environment. Customers should consider the systems their instance deploys to when assessing impact.
Details
In affected versions of Octopus Server, incorrect validation of permissions assigned to a user that would allow them to edit their own login identities could result in that user being granted elevated permissions, up to and including system administrator access.
This issue affects instances using LDAP authentication with self-service login editing enabled.
The versions of Octopus Server affected by this vulnerability are:
- All 2024.2.x versions AFTER 2024.2.5035
- All 2024.3.x, 2004.4.x, 2025.x, 2026.1.x versions
- All 2026.2.x versions before 2026.2.13487
- All 2026.3.x versions before 2026.3.15909
Octopus Cloud customers do not need to take any further action as all instances have been updated to the patched version.
Fix
To address this vulnerability, we have released Octopus Server version:
- 2026.2.13487
- 2026.3.15909
The latest versions of Octopus Deploy products can be downloaded from https://octopus.com/downloads and previous versions can be downloaded from https://octopus.com/downloads/previous
What You Need to Do
Octopus Deploy recommends that you upgrade to the latest version (2026.3.16030). You can download the latest version of Octopus Server from https://octopus.com/downloads
If you can't upgrade to the latest version (2026.3.16030):
| If you have feature version... | ...then upgrade to this version |
|---|---|
| 2024.x, 2025.x | 2026.2.13487 or greater |
| 2026.1.x | 2026.2.13487 or greater |
| 2026.2.x | 2026.2.13487 or greater |
| 2026.3.x | 2026.3.15909 or greater |
Mitigation
Customers who can't upgrade straight away can turn off Allow users to edit their own logins. They should also check team membership and the audit log for LDAP identities recently added to user accounts.
Support
If you have any questions or concerns regarding this advisory, please contact our support team https://octopus.com/support.
Exploitation and Public Announcements
The Octopus Deploy security team is not aware of any public announcements or malicious use of the vulnerability that is described in this advisory.
Source
This vulnerability was found during internal testing by Nathan Willoughby at Octopus Deploy