FKIE_CVE-2021-27925

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2021-05-19 19:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:45
Severity
4.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Summary
An issue was discovered in Couchbase Server 6.5.x and 6.6.x through 6.6.1. When using the View Engine and Auditing is enabled, a crash condition can (depending on a race condition) cause an internal user with administrator privileges, @ns_server, to have its credentials leaked in cleartext in the ns_server.info.log file.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.couchbase.com/downloadsProduct, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.couchbase.com/resources/security#SecurityAlertsVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.couchbase.com/downloadsProduct, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.couchbase.com/resources/security#SecurityAlertsVendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
couchbase couchbase_server *
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T03:45:37.707",
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