What is CVE-2022-32559?

CVE-2022-32559 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Couchbase Server, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2022-06-14.

How severe is CVE-2022-32559?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Couchbase Server

CVE-2022-32559

An issue was discovered in Couchbase Server before 7.0.4. Random HTTP requests lead to leaked metrics.

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.013 (71.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-19.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 71st percentile — 71.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Couchbase Server

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

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-2022-32559?: CVE-2022-32559 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Couchbase Server, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2022-06-14.
How severe is CVE-2022-32559?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.