An issue was discovered in Couchbase Server 6.5.x and 6.6.x through 6.6.1.
Priority LOW 21CWE-362Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
An issue was discovered in Couchbase Server 6.5.x and 6.6.x through 6.6.1. When using the View Engine and Auditing is enabled, a crash condition can (depending on a race condition) cause an internal user with administrator privileges, @ns_server, to have its credentials leaked in cleartext in the ns_server.info.log file.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00529 44th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
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-2021-27925
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-682m-jx5w-f5fq
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-2021-27925 · CVE Program
- CVE-2021-27925 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-682m-jx5w-f5fq · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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