What is CVE-2023-50437?

CVE-2023-50437 is a high-severity vulnerability in Couchbase Server, classified under Incorrect Privilege Assignment. CVSS score: 8.6/10. Published 2024-02-29.

How severe is CVE-2023-50437?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.6 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in Couchbase Server

CVE-2023-50437

An issue was discovered in Couchbase Server before 7.2.x before 7.2.4. otpCookie is shown with full admin on pools/default/serverGroups and engageCluster2.

Published 2024-02-29 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.6 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (51.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-19.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 52nd percentile — 51.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Couchbase Server

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-266 — Incorrect Privilege Assignment

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-50437?: CVE-2023-50437 is a high-severity vulnerability in Couchbase Server, classified under Incorrect Privilege Assignment. CVSS score: 8.6/10. Published 2024-02-29.
How severe is CVE-2023-50437?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.6 out of 10.