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CVE-2018-11769 Details

Description

CouchDB administrative users before 2.2.0 can configure the database server via HTTP(S). Due to insufficient validation of administrator-supplied configuration settings via the HTTP API, it is possible for a CouchDB administrator user to escalate their privileges to that of the operating system's user under which CouchDB runs, by bypassing the blacklist of configuration settings that are not allowed to be modified via the HTTP API. This privilege escalation effectively allows a CouchDB admin user to gain arbitrary remote code execution, bypassing CVE-2017-12636 and CVE-2018-8007.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.2 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/1052ad7a1b32b9756df4f7860f5cb5a96b739f444117325a19a4bf75%40%3Cdev.couchdb.apache.org%3E	CVE
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/S5FPHVVU5KMRFKQTJPAM3TBGC7LKCWQS/	CVE
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/X3JOUCX7LHDV4YWZDQNXT5NTKKRANZQW/	CVE
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201812-06	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbmu03935en_us	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105046	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/1052ad7a1b32b9756df4f7860f5cb5a96b739f444117325a19a4bf75%40%3Cdev.couchdb.apache.org%3E	[email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/S5FPHVVU5KMRFKQTJPAM3TBGC7LKCWQS/	[email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/X3JOUCX7LHDV4YWZDQNXT5NTKKRANZQW/	[email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201812-06	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbmu03935en_us	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105046	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-noinfo	Insufficient Information to Classify Weakness	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
apache couchdb	< 2.2.0
CPE cpe:2.3:a:apache:couchdb:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

12 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 7, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Mar 17, 2020	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Mar 14, 2020	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 3, 2019	CWE Remap	[email protected]
May 13, 2019	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Mar 8, 2019	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Dec 16, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 10, 2018	Initial Analysis	[email protected]
Aug 11, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]