An issue was discovered in Couchbase Server 7.x before 7.0.5 and 7.1.x before 7.1.2.
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- 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 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-400.
Summary
An issue was discovered in Couchbase Server 7.x before 7.0.5 and 7.1.x before 7.1.2. A crafted HTTP REST request from an administrator account to the Couchbase Server Backup Service can exhaust memory resources, causing the process to be killed, which can be used for denial of service.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
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-2022-42950
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xrvm-qcmp-42vc
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-2022-42950 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-42950 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-xrvm-qcmp-42vc · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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