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title: "CVE-2026-117466: Octopus Server - Privilege Escalation"
description: "Octopus Server contains a privilege escalation caused by insufficient access control for System Manager role, letting users with this role escalate privileges to full system Administrator, exploit requires System Manager role."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-117466/
---

# CVE-2026-117466 Octopus Server - Privilege Escalation

Octopus Server contains a privilege escalation caused by insufficient access control for System Manager role, letting users with this role escalate privileges to full system Administrator, exploit requires System Manager role.

CVSS base score 8.6 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Required

EPSS

0.23% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-117466)

## Details

Type

Privilege Escalation

Impact

Privilege Escalation

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Published

27 October 2026

Updated

29 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-269](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/269.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to the latest version of Octopus Server.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-117466](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-117466)
- [https://advisories.octopus.com/post/2026/sa2026-17](https://advisories.octopus.com/post/2026/sa2026-17)

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