Critical severity · published Nov 12, 2020
CVE-2020-24719
Exposed Erlang Cookie could lead to Remote Command Execution (RCE) attack
9.8
CVSS
23.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Exposed Erlang Cookie could lead to Remote Command Execution (RCE) attack. Communication between Erlang nodes is done by exchanging a shared secret (aka "magic cookie"). There are cases where the magic cookie is included in the content of the logs. An attacker can use the cookie to attach to an Erlang node and run OS level commands on the system running the Erlang node. Affects version: 6.5.1. Fix version: 6.6.0.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)23.3% · higher than 98% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CS
Couchbase Server · Couchbase
6.5.1 before 6.6.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-24719
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-24719
Vendor Advisory
https://www.couchbase.com/resources/security#VulnerabilityReporting
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