What is CVE-2022-32557?

CVE-2022-32557 is a high-severity vulnerability in Couchbase Server, classified under Missing Authentication for Critical Function. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-06-14.

How severe is CVE-2022-32557?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Couchbase Server

CVE-2022-32557

An issue was discovered in Couchbase Server before 7.0.4. The Index Service does not enforce authentication for TCP/TLS servers.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

Published 2022-06-14 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (64.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 65th percentile — 64.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Couchbase Server

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-306 — Missing Authentication for Critical Function

References

forums.couchbase.com/tags/security (Vendor Advisory)
docs.couchbase.com/server/current/release-notes/relnotes.html (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
www.couchbase.com/alerts (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-32557?: CVE-2022-32557 is a high-severity vulnerability in Couchbase Server, classified under Missing Authentication for Critical Function. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-06-14.
How severe is CVE-2022-32557?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.