CVE-2021-36711WebInterface in OctoBot before 0.4.4 allows remote code execution because Tentacles upload is mishandled.
- 9.8CriticalCVSS base score
- 16.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 2.9% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
WebInterface in OctoBot before 0.4.4 allows remote code execution because Tentacles upload is mishandled.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
Show the exploits1
Exploit-DB1 entry
- OctoBot WebInterface 0.4.3 - Remote Code Execution (RCE) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 50979webapps, multiplepublished 21 Jul 2022Not verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 12 months later
· 12 months later
Published
- 2 years later
· 2 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 16.6% · top 2.9% of all CVEs (14 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPIOctoBotGHSA-fr75-x856-q6j8 (opens in a new tab)
References
References6
- https://www.octobot.online/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167721/Sashimi-Evil-OctoBot-Tentacle.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/Nwqda/Sashimi-Evil-OctoBot-Tentacle (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/Drakkar-Software/OctoBot/issues/1966 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/Drakkar-Software/OctoBot/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167780/OctoBot-WebInterface-0.4.3-Remote-Code-Execution.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2022-0171 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-fr75-x856-q6j8 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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