Description
In versions of Couchbase Server prior to 5.0, the bucket named "default" was a special bucket that allowed read and write access without authentication. As part of 5.0, the behavior of all buckets including "default" were changed to only allow access by authenticated users with sufficient authorization. However, users were allowed unauthenticated and unauthorized access to the "default" bucket if the properties of this bucket were edited. This has been fixed in versions 5.1.0 and 5.5.0.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.couchbase.com/resources/security#SecurityAlerts
Scores
CVSS v3
9.1
EPSS
0.0141
EPSS Percentile
69.3%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-306
Status
published
Products (1)
couchbase/couchbase_server
< 5.0.0
Published
Sep 10, 2019
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026