Security advisory

{
  "id": "e6a4c0e6b145eb98a9602d17ce54de44ca2e1401a44f2b6f0f124a3fdd6cc8dc",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-12636",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2017-12636",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-12636",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2017-12636",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2017-12636"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/apache/couchdb",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "5f88da2a5ee8ba78917fafd572c7b9fa37e76460"
                },
                {
                  "introduced": "cb02b9b812174609403d67f60c314959388ba06c"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "41e529d1724883df6304bfd59937db0122d00082"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:apache:couchdb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "1.7.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:apache:couchdb:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "2.0.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "2.0.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:apache:couchdb:2.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "2.0.0-rc1"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "2.0.0-rc1"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:apache:couchdb:2.0.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "2.0.0-rc3"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "2.0.0-rc3"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:apache:couchdb:2.0.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "2.0.0-rc4"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "2.0.0-rc4"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "2.0.0",
            "2.0.0-rc1",
            "2.0.0-rc3",
            "2.0.0-rc4",
            "2.0.0-RC4",
            "2.0.0-RC3",
            "2.0.0-RC1",
            "1.6.1",
            "1.6.0",
            "fauxton"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-12636.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:52.862733742Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6c405bf3f8358e6314076be9f48c89a2e0ddf00539906291ebdf0c67%40%3Cdev.couchdb.apache.org%3E",
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00026.html",
        "https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbmu03935en_us",
        "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44913/",
        "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45019/",
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-16"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "unresolved_ranges": [
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:a:apache:couchdb:2.0.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "apache:couchdb",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "2.0.0-rc2"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "2.0.0-rc2"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2017-12636",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 437783,
  "published_at": "2017-11-14T20:29:00.247+00:00"
}