CVE-2017-12636
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 90.60% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 99.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.2 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2017-11-14 20:00Z8 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-16 18:48Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2017-08-07
- Assigning CNA
- apache
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-78Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 8571a7d694369a0503043d4265cbae3c163127c0d8bfc3c9a6d1dda060c91dba
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.exploit-db.com45019https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45019/
- lists.apache.org[dev] 20171114 Apache CouchDB CVE-2017-12635 and CVE-2017-12636https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6c405bf3f8358e6314076be9f48c89a2e0ddf00539906291ebdf0c67%40%3Cdev.couchdb.apache.org%3E
- www.exploit-db.com44913https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44913/
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201711-16https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-16
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20180121 [SECURITY] [DLA 1252-1] couchdb security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00026.html
- support.hpe.comhttps://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbmu03935en_us
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- couchdb Fixed in 2.1.1-1
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- couchdb No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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