CVE-2023-49338 — Couchbase Server 7

Couchbase Server 7.1.x and 7.2.x before 7.2.4 does not require authentication for the /admin/stats and /admin/vitals endpoints on TCP port 8093 of localhost.

01What is this vulnerability?

Couchbase Server 7.1.x and 7.2.x before 7.2.4 does not require authentication for the /admin/stats and /admin/vitals endpoints on TCP port 8093 of localhost.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

Ask SARA in chat to draft a starting detection for this CVE in your stack of choice.

07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2024-02-28T00:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-11-07T15:06:13.956Z

09References

• forums.couchbase.com — https://forums.couchbase.com/tags/security
• docs.couchbase.com — https://docs.couchbase.com/server/current/release-notes/relnotes.html
• www.couchbase.com — https://www.couchbase.com/alerts/