CVE-2017-12636 is a critical arbitrary command execution vulnerability affecting Apache CouchDB versions before 1.7.0 and 2.x before 2.1.1. It allows an authenticated administrative user to execute arbitrary shell commands on the underlying operating system by manipulating configuration options that specify paths for system binaries. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.2, indicating a severe impact with complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in the KEV catalog, exploit modules are publicly available in Metasploit and ExploitDB, and it has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, suggesting a high likelihood of exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apache:couchdb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apache:couchdb:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apache:couchdb:2.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apache:couchdb:2.0.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apache:couchdb:2.0.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.3 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.