CVE-2023-43768 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

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.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

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:::::::*

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Couchbase Subscribe	Couchbase Server Subscribe

Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

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

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

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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

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

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

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

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-770

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