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CVE-2017-12635Apache CouchDB — Two Parsers Disagree Into Admin Access
CouchDB validates a user document with one parser and stores it with another, and the disagreement lets an ordinary caller create an administrator account.
Read the risk
THE VITAL STATS- CVSS score
- 9.8/ 10 CVSS v3.0
- EPSS probability
- 100% Likelihood of exploitation
- Attack complexity
- Low Conditions needed to exploit
- Known exploited
- Not listed
- CVE published
- 2017-11-14
- Exploit published
- Not recorded
- Confidence
- high
- Kill chain
- privilege escalation
- MITRE ATT&CK
- T1068
- Severity
- critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attacker needsThe ability to submit a user document
Fixed inCouchDB 1.7.0, CouchDB 2.1.1
Behind the card
3 REFERENCES- 01CVE recordNVD recordnvd.nist.gov
- 02Writeupsecurityfocus.comsecurityfocus.com
- 03Writeupsecurity.gentoo.orgsecurity.gentoo.org
Field-level provenanceTRACE THE SOURCES +
Which source supports each field, when it was retrieved, and who extracted it.
| Fields | Source | Retrieved | Extractor | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cvss, exploitation.attack_complexity, exploitation.exploit_available, references, published_at | nvd.nist.gov | 2026-08-07 | scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1 | high |
| epss | api.first.org | 2026-08-07 | scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1 | high |
| title, summary, severity, remediation, mitre_attack, kill_chain, recommended_action, confidence, tags, exploitation.prerequisites | nvd.nist.gov | 2026-08-07 | claude-code | high |
Printing history
THE RECORD- r1Initial base card
First printing. This card has not been reprinted since publication.