In Couchbase Server 4.6.3 and 5.5.0, secondary indexing encodes the entries to be indexed…
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
In Couchbase Server 4.6.3 and 5.5.0, secondary indexing encodes the entries to be indexed using collatejson. When index entries contain certain characters like \t, <, >, it caused buffer overrun as encoded string would be much larger than accounted for, causing indexer service to crash and restart. This has been remedied in versions 5.1.2 and 5.5.2 to ensure buffer always grows as needed for any input.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-11467
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mrc2-3r75-vvg6
References
More Couchbase Server vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-00478 Out-of-bounds read in Google Chrome KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2023-02885 Type confusion in Google Chrome KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2023-01910 Type confusion in Google Chrome KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2023-27712 Python-cryptography: bleichenbacher timing oracle attack against rsa decryption - incomplete fix for cve-2020-25659 CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2020-15177 Exposed Erlang Cookie could lead to Remote Command Execution (RCE) attack. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-27298 An issue was discovered in Couchbase Server before 7.2.4. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2019-11467 · CVE Program
- CVE-2019-11467 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-mrc2-3r75-vvg6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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