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Apache CouchDB

16 known vulnerabilities.

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  • Medium 6.0

    Apache CouchDB: Credential Disclosure to Non-Owner Members via Object-Form Replication Endpoint URLs

    Insufficient filtering of credentials in the _replicator database in Apache CouchDB 3.5.2 and below on all platforms allows an authenticated user to read replication credentials of other users’ replications, not just their own. Users are recommended to upgrad…

  • High 8.1

    Apache CouchDB: Auth bypass in prefixed _users and _replicator databases

    Missing authorisation checks in chttpd in Apache CouchDB 3.5.2 and below on all platforms allows any request to read the full contents of a prefixed _user or _replicator database via an unauthorised API endpoint. The use of prefixed system databases is very r…

  • Low 1.3

    Apache CouchDB: Atom-table exhaustion in _changes sequences and _search bookmarks with specially crafted sequence values

    Unsafe binary deserialisation in chttpd in Apache CouchDB 3.5.2 and below on all platforms allows an authenticated user to cause a denial of service via memory exhaustion. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.5.3, which fixes this issue.

  • Low 0.6

    Apache CouchDB: Replicator follows redirects indefinitely

    A missing circuit-breaker in the replicator in Apache CouchDB 3.5.2 and below on all platforms allows the owner of a replication source or target to cause a denial of service via creating an infinite HTTP redirect loop. Users are recommended to upgrade to ver…

  • High 7.7

    Apache CouchDB: Pre-authentication gzip decompression bomb via POST /_session

    An unlimited gzip decompression routine in chttpd in Apache CouchDB 3.5.2 and below on all platforms allows any remote client to cause a denial of service via memory exhaustion. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.5.3, which fixes this issue.

  • Critical 9.3

    Apache CouchDB: Admin credentials leading to code execution as operating system user

    An unvalidated runtime configuration value in Apache CouchDB 3.5.2 and below on all platforms allows a CouchDB server admin to run arbitrary shell commands as the CouchDB operating system user. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.5.3, which fixes th…

  • Unscored —

    Apache CouchDB, IBM Cloudant: Privilege Escalation Using _design Documents

    Design document functions which receive a user http request object may expose authorization or session cookie headers of the user who accesses the document. These design document functions are: *   list *   show *   rewrite *   update An attacker can leak the…

  • Medium 4.4

    Apache CouchDB, IBM Cloudant: Information sharing via couchjs processes

    Design documents with matching document IDs, from databases on the same cluster, may share a mutable Javascript environment when using these design document functions: * validate_doc_update * list * filter * filter views (using view functions as filters) * re…

  • Critical 9.8
    CVE-2022-24706 Exploited Public exploit EPSS 93%

    Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Packaging

    In Apache CouchDB prior to 3.2.2, an attacker can access an improperly secured default installation without authenticating and gain admin privileges. The CouchDB documentation has always made recommendations for properly securing an installation, including re…

    KEV Aug 25, 2022
  • Unscored —
    CVE-2021-38295 Public exploit

    Privilege escalation vulnerability when using HTML attachments

    In Apache CouchDB, a malicious user with permission to create documents in a database is able to attach a HTML attachment to a document. If a CouchDB admin opens that attachment in a browser, e.g. via the CouchDB admin interface Fauxton, any JavaScript code e…

  • Unscored —

    Prior to CouchDB version 2.3.0, CouchDB allowed for runtime-configuration of key components of the database. In some ca…

  • Unscored —

    CouchDB administrative users before 2.2.0 can configure the database server via HTTP(S). Due to insufficient validation…

  • Unscored —
    CVE-2018-8007 EPSS 12%

    Apache CouchDB administrative users can configure the database server via HTTP(S). Due to insufficient validation of ad…

  • Unscored —
    CVE-2016-8742 Public exploit

    The Windows installer that the Apache CouchDB team provides was vulnerable to local privilege escalation. All files in …

  • Unscored —
    CVE-2017-12636 Public exploit EPSS 91%

    CouchDB administrative users can configure the database server via HTTP(S). Some of the configuration options include p…

  • Unscored —
    CVE-2017-12635 Public exploit EPSS 100%

    Due to differences in the Erlang-based JSON parser and JavaScript-based JSON parser, it is possible in Apache CouchDB b…