VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2020-9040

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability0.68%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2020-06-08
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

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.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-295

Primary references