Prior to CouchDB version 2.3.0, CouchDB allowed for runtime-configuration of key components of the database
Published Jan 2, 2019
7.2
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 3.23%
Description
Prior to CouchDB version 2.3.0, CouchDB allowed for runtime-configuration of key components of the database. In some cases, this lead to vulnerabilities where CouchDB admin users could access the underlying operating system as the CouchDB user. Together with other vulnerabilities, it allowed full system entry for unauthenticated users. Rather than waiting for new vulnerabilities to be discovered, and fixing them as they come up, the CouchDB development team decided to make changes to avoid this entire class of vulnerabilities.
Affected products
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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
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| Apache Software Foundation | Apache CouchDB | n/a |
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No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Table of values (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 3.23% (0.03228) | 87.82th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.23% (0.03228) | 86.58th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jan 30, 2026 | 1.38% (0.01384) | 79.94th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 2.98% (0.02984) | 85.32th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 5.60% (0.05603) | 83.47th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.98% (0.02984) | 85.62th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.14% (0.00141) | 51.40th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 27, 2023 | 0.14% (0.00141) | 49.81th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.12% (0.00121) | 44.60th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.16% (0.01164) | 61.38th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.16% (0.01164) | 34.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 3.06% (0.03065) | 65.11th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 3.06% (0.03065) | 0.00th | v1 |
No CWE recorded.
References (4)
- https://blog.couchdb.org/2018/12/17/cve-2018-17188/ x_refsource_MISCMitigationVendor Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/S5FPHVVU5KMRFKQTJPAM3TBGC7LKCWQS/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/X3JOUCX7LHDV4YWZDQNXT5NTKKRANZQW/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbmu03935en_us x_refsource_CONFIRM
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://blog.couchdb.org/2018/12/17/cve-2018-17188/ | x_refsource_MISCMitigationVendor Advisory | |
| https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/S5FPHVVU5KMRFKQTJPAM3TBGC7LKCWQS/ | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA | |
| https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/X3JOUCX7LHDV4YWZDQNXT5NTKKRANZQW/ | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA | |
| https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbmu03935en_us | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
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