CVE-2024-56178
An issue was discovered in Couchbase Server 7.6.x through 7.6.3. A user with the...
An issue was discovered in Couchbase Server 7.6.x through 7.6.3. A user with the security_admin_local role can create a new user in a group that has the admin role.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
An issue was discovered in Couchbase Server 7.6.x through 7.6.3. A user with the security_admin_local role can create a new user in a group that has the admin role.
- Record
CVE-2024-56178- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-281
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-52998
An issue was discovered in Couchbase Server 7.6.x through 7.6.3. A user with the security_admin_local role can create a new user in a group that has the admin role.
- Record
EUVD-2024-52998- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-97mv-g3jg-wg68
An issue was discovered in Couchbase Server 7.6.x through 7.6.3. A user with the...
An issue was discovered in Couchbase Server 7.6.x through 7.6.3. A user with the security_admin_local role can create a new user in a group that has the admin role.
- Record
GHSA-97mv-g3jg-wg68- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-281
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
An issue was discovered in Couchbase Server 7.6.x through 7.6.3. A user with the security_admin_local role can create a new user in a group that has the admin role.
- Record
CVE-2024-56178- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-281
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-56178 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Couchbase Server, published January 27, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.34%, the 28th percentile. No source names a fixed version.