GHSA-pqhp-4xfc-hjgq: github.com/couchbase/sync_gateway (CVE-2025-52490)

Couchbase Sync Gateway shows cleartext passwords in redacted and unredacted output

CVSS 7.3 HighEPSS 0.0022 · 12th percentile

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 29 Jul 2025, 21:30 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

Package	Ecosystem	Affected	Fixed in
github.com/couchbase/sync_gateway	Go	<3.2.6	3.2.6

Identifiers

GHSA-pqhp-4xfc-hjgq · CVE-2025-52490 · GO-2026-5550 · PYSEC-2025-101

Weakness (CWE)

CWE-319

Machine-written summary

Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.

Couchbase Sync Gateway versions before 3.2.6 write cleartext passwords to the sgcollect_info_options.log and sync_gateway.log files, in both redacted and unredacted output. The source gives few details about who can reach these logs or how. Upgrade to Sync Gateway 3.2.6 or later, which is listed as the fixed version.

Written 7 Nov 2026.

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

Score	Rating	CVSS	Vector	Source
7.3	High	3.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L	GitHub Advisory Database

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS 0.0022, the 12th percentile, on 14 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

31 Oct 2026, 15:06 UTC First seen by agentprime
31 Oct 2026, 15:06 UTC Confirmed by OSV

Sources

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