CVE-2017-12636
CouchDB administrative users can configure the database server via HTTP(S). Some of the configuration options include paths for operating…
- 7.2HighCVSS base score
- 90.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.2% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and 2 Exploit-DB entries for it. 2 references of the record are tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits5
Metasploit modules1 module
- Apache CouchDB Arbitrary Command Execution (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/linux/http/apache_couchdb_cmd_execRank excellentdisclosed 6 Apr 2016
Exploit-DB2 entries
- Apache CouchDB - Arbitrary Command Execution (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 45019remote, linuxpublished 13 Jul 2018Verified
- Apache CouchDB < 2.1.0 - Remote Code Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 44913webapps, linuxpublished 20 Jun 2018Verified
References tagged exploit2 references
- 45019 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 44913 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By apache
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.2 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 90.6% · top 0.2% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Affected products
Apache Software Foundation · Apache CouchDB
- affected 1.2.0 to 1.6.1
- affected 2.0.0 to 2.1.0
References
6
- 45019 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- [dev] 20171114 Apache CouchDB CVE-2017-12635 and CVE-2017-12636 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 44913 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- GLSA-201711-16 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180121 [SECURITY] [DLA 1252-1] couchdb security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbmu03935en_us (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2017-4175 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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