Vulnerability · Published Jun 8, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-9040
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.7% (higher than 53% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.7%top 47.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Couchbase Server Java SDK before 2.7.1.1 allows a potential attacker to forge an SSL certificate and pose as the intended peer. An attacker can leverage this flaw by crafting a cryptographically valid certificate that will be accepted by Java SDK's Netty component due to missing hostname verification.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://www.couchbase.com/resources/security#SecurityAlerts x_refsource_CONFIRM