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  "revision": 1,
  "title": "Apache CouchDB — Two Parsers Disagree Into Admin Access",
  "summary": "CouchDB validates a user document with one parser and stores it with another, and the disagreement lets an ordinary caller create an administrator account.",
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    "version": "3.0"
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    "prerequisites": "The ability to submit a user document"
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      "type": "cve",
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    {
      "type": "writeup",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101868"
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      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-16"
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  "published_at": "2017-11-14T20:29:00.200Z",
  "issued_at": "2026-08-07T16:59:03.733Z",
  "tags": [
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