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CVE-2022-42950

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-02-06 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-400

Description

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.

Affected products

• Couchbase Server: from 7.0.0 before 7.0.5; from 7.1.0 before 7.1.2 — fixed in 7.0.5, 7.1.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Couchbase Server 7.0.5, 7.1.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://docs.couchbase.com/server/current/release-notes/relnotes.html
• https://forums.couchbase.com/tags/security
• https://www.couchbase.com/alerts/
• https://docs.couchbase.com/server/current/release-notes/relnotes.html
• https://forums.couchbase.com/tags/security
• https://www.couchbase.com/alerts/

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