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CVE-2023-50436

Status: AnalyzedMedium (5.3)—

An issue was discovered in Couchbase Server before 7.2.4. ns_server admin credentials are leaked in encoded form in the diag.log file. The earliest affected version is 7.1.5.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Couchbase — Couchbase Server

CWEs

References

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