CVE-2023-43768 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An issue was discovered in Couchbase Server 6.6.x through 7.2.0, before 7.1.5 and 7.2.1. Unauthenticated users may cause memcached to run out of memory via large commands.

Published: 2024-03-27

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

No analysis available yet.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:couchbase:couchbase_server::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:couchbase:couchbase_server:7.2.0:::::::*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00504.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://docs.couchbase.com/server/current/release-notes/relnotes.html
https://forums.couchbase.com/tags/security
https://www.couchbase.com/alerts/
https://www.couchbase.com/downloads

History

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 13:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:couchbase:couchbase_server:6.6.0:::::::*
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 16:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Couchbase Couchbase couchbase Server
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:couchbase:couchbase_server:::::::: cpe:2.3:a:couchbase:couchbase_server:7.2.0:::::::*
Vendors & Products		Couchbase Couchbase couchbase Server

Subscriptions

Couchbase Couchbase Server

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2024-03-27T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T14:33:35.879Z

Reserved: 2023-09-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-43768

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T19:52:10.909Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-03-27T07:15:48.390

Modified: 2025-04-23T16:26:31.793

Link: CVE-2023-43768

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-770

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