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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.8

CVE-2021-36711 in the critical feed json

Octobot mishandles Tentacles upload

published 2022-07-16 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-fr75-x856-q6j8 , PYSEC-2022-235 , EUVD-2022-0171

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
16.6%
EPSS 16.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

WebInterface in OctoBot before 0.4.4 allows remote code execution because Tentacles upload is mishandled.

Patch / fix

  • pypi octobot 0.4.4
  • octobot octobot 0.4.4

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-50979)

Exploit prediction

16.59% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-50979 OctoBot WebInterface 0.4.3 - Remote Code Execution (RCE) webapps, 2022-07-21
  • github.com https://github.com/Nwqda/Sashimi-Evil-OctoBot-Tentacle referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • github.com https://github.com/Drakkar-Software/OctoBot/issues/1966 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167780/OctoBot-WebInterface-0.4.3-Remote-Code-Execution.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
GitHub 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
pypi octobot
<0.4.4
0.4.4

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-434 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.