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CVE-2017-12636

N/A
Published: November 14, 2017 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:03 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorCouchdb

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 91%

Description

CouchDB administrative users can configure the database server via HTTP(S). Some of the configuration options include paths for operating system-level binaries that are subsequently launched by CouchDB. This allows an admin user in Apache CouchDB before 1.7.0 and 2.x before 2.1.1 to execute arbitrary shell commands as the CouchDB user, including downloading and executing scripts from the public internet.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Couchdb· Apache
95%
v < 1.7.01.2.0 ≤ v ≤ 1.6.12.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 2.1.02.0.02.0.0 rc12.0.0 rc22.0.0 rc32.0.0 rc4
Affected range stops below 1.7.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (6)

Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6c405bf3f8358e6314076be9f48c89a2e0ddf00539906291ebdf0c67%40%3Cdev.couchdb.apache.org%3E
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00026.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-16
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbmu03935en_us
Exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
Source: [email protected]
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44913/
Exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
Source: [email protected]
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45019/

CVSS

9HIGH[email protected]
Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-78

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