High severity7.2NVD Advisory· Published Nov 14, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-12636
CVE-2017-12636
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.
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Affected products
10cpe:2.3:a:apache:couchdb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 6 more
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:couchdb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <1.7.0
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:couchdb:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:couchdb:2.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:couchdb:2.0.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:couchdb:2.0.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:couchdb:2.0.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <1.7.0, <2.1.1
- osv-coords2 versionspkg:rpm/suse/couchdb&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%204pkg:rpm/suse/couchdb&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%207
< 1.7.2-2.8.2+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1.7.2-2.8.2
- (no CPE)range: < 1.7.2-2.8.2
- Apache Software Foundation/Apache CouchDBv5Range: 1.2.0 to 1.6.1
Patches
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References
6- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-16nvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/6c405bf3f8358e6314076be9f48c89a2e0ddf00539906291ebdf0c67%40%3Cdev.couchdb.apache.org%3Envd
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00026.htmlnvd
- support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/displaynvd
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44913/nvd
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45019/nvd
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