CVE-2023-50436 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An issue was discovered in Couchbase Server before 7.2.4. ns_server admin credentials are leaked in encoded form in the diag.log file. The earliest affected version is 7.1.5.

Published: 2024-02-28

Score: 5.3 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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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 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:couchbase:couchbase_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00106.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

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/

History

Tue, 08 Apr 2025 15:15:00 +0000

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

Thu, 14 Nov 2024 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-522
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Couchbase Couchbase Server

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2024-02-28T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-11-14T20:00:20.366Z

Reserved: 2023-12-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-50436

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T22:16:46.729Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-02-29T01:42:00.697

Modified: 2025-04-08T14:57:53.390

Link: CVE-2023-50436

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-522

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