CVE-2022-32563 — Improper Certificate Validation in Sync Gateway
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
EPSS
0.4%
top 37.54%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJun 10
Latest updateJun 11
Description
An issue was discovered in Couchbase Sync Gateway 3.x before 3.0.2. Admin credentials are not verified when using X.509 client-certificate authentication from Sync Gateway to Couchbase Server. When Sync Gateway is configured to authenticate with Couchbase Server using X.509 client certificates, the admin credentials provided to the Admin REST API are ignored, resulting in privilege escalation for unauthenticated users. The Public REST API is not impacted by this issue. A workaround is to replace…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9