# CVE-2023-50437: Privilege escalation in n/a

> Attackers can gain full admin privileges in Couchbase Server due to exposed otpCookie in specific endpoints.

- **Severity:** High 8.6 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 28 Feb 2024
- **Updated:** 13 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mrff-v44r-8gc2

## What is CVE-2023-50437?

CVE-2023-50437 is a high-severity vulnerability in Couchbase Couchbase Server, published on 28 Feb 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An issue was discovered in Couchbase Server before 7.2.x before 7.2.4. otpCookie is shown with full admin on pools/default/serverGroups and engageCluster2.

Weakness: CWE-266 (Incorrect Privilege Assignment)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-50437?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Couchbase Couchbase Server.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-50437?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-50437 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-50437 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-50437 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-50437 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-50437 is a high-severity vulnerability in Couchbase Couchbase Server, published on 28 Feb 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-50437 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Couchbase Couchbase Server. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-50437/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-50437/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-50437
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-50437
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-50437

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-50437/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.