# CVE-2019-11495: In Couchbase Server 5.1.1, the cookie used for intra-node communication was not generated securely.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-09-10 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

In Couchbase Server 5.1.1, the cookie used for intra-node communication was not generated securely. Couchbase Server uses erlang:now() to seed the PRNG which results in a small search space for potential random seeds that could then be used to brute force the cookie and execute code against a remote system. This has been fixed in version 6.0.0.

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## References

- https://www.couchbase.com/resources/security#SecurityAlerts

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