CVE-2022-42951

An issue was discovered in Couchbase Server 6.5.x and 6.6.x before 6.6.6, 7.x before 7.0.5, and 7.1.x before 7.1.2. During the start-up of a Couchbase Server node, there is a small window of time (before the cluster management authentication has started) where an attacker can connect to the cluster manager using default credentials.

CVSS v3.0 8.1 HIGH

8.1^/10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.2 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://docs.couchbase.com/server/current/release-notes/relnotes.html	Release Notes
https://docs.couchbase.com/server/current/release-notes/relnotes.html	Release Notes
https://forums.couchbase.com/tags/security	Issue Tracking
https://forums.couchbase.com/tags/security	Issue Tracking
https://www.couchbase.com/alerts/	Vendor Advisory
https://www.couchbase.com/alerts/	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:couchbase:couchbase_server::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:couchbase:couchbase_server::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:couchbase:couchbase_server::::::::

History

26 Mar 2025, 15:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~(MISC) https://forums.couchbase.com/tags/security - Issue Tracking~~	() https://forums.couchbase.com/tags/security - Issue Tracking
References	~~(MISC) https://www.couchbase.com/alerts/ - Vendor Advisory~~	() https://www.couchbase.com/alerts/ - Vendor Advisory
References	~~(MISC) https://docs.couchbase.com/server/current/release-notes/relnotes.html - Release Notes~~	() https://docs.couchbase.com/server/current/release-notes/relnotes.html - Release Notes

08 Aug 2023, 14:22

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CWE	~~NVD-CWE-noinfo~~	CWE-287 CWE-362

Information

Published : 2023-02-06 21:15

Updated : 2025-03-26 15:15

NVD link : CVE-2022-42951

Mitre link : CVE-2022-42951

JSON object : View

Products Affected

couchbase

couchbase_server

CWE

CWE-362

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

CWE-287

Improper Authentication

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