8.8High

Octopus Codefresh

CVE-2026-12878

In affected versions of the Codefresh platform an authenticated user can utilize an API endpoint to elevate to Admin permissions.

What this means for your business

  • It affects Octopus Codefresh. It matters if your company, or a supplier that handles your data, runs it.
  • An attacker can use it remotely, over a network, with an ordinary user login, and without anyone at your company clicking anything.
  • FIRST's prediction model gives it a 0.4% chance of attack attempts being seen in the next 30 days, ranking above 32% of all known flaws.

What to do

  1. 1Check whether your company or your suppliers run Octopus Codefresh, and which version. The affected versions are listed further down this page.
  2. 2If you do, apply the vendor's fix. A patch or vendor advisory has been published.

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Scoring

CVSS
8.8 (v3.1)
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4
8.6
Weakness
CWE-269
Assigned by
security@octopus.com

Dates

Published
2026-08-25
Last modified
2026-09-02
Sources
NVD

Affected products

  • Octopus Codefresh2.0.0 - 2.11.15
  • Linux Linux Kernelall versions
  • Microsoft Windowsall versions

As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.

References