CVE-2018-8007

Exp

Apache CouchDB administrative users 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 that CouchDB runs under, by bypassing the blacklist of configuration settings that are not allowed to be modified via the HTTP API. This privilege escalation effectively allows an existing CouchDB admin user to gain arbitrary remote code execution, bypassing already disclosed CVE-2017-12636. Mitigation: All users should upgrade to CouchDB releases 1.7.2 or 2.1.2.

Published: 2018-07-11 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2018-8007 is rated High Exploit Risk (73.1/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 18.24%, 95th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2018-8007

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-8007

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-01-31 22.14% 18.24% -3.91%
2 2026-01-30 22.99% 22.14% -0.85%
3 2026-01-25 — 22.99% —

Full EPSS history (33 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2018-8007

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.2 3.0 HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:H)
They need powerful rights—admin, root, or similar—before this pays off.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.2 5.9 [email protected]
9.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 8.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2018-8007

OS Trackers for CVE-2018-8007

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2018-8007: 1 GLSA(s) (201812-06), 1 atom(s) (dev-db/couchdb); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2018-8007
suse high CVE-2018-8007 severity important: SUSE including 2 source package names (couchdb-1.7.2-2.8.2, couchdb-1.7.2-3.3.1), 3 product×package rows across 3 product lines (SUSE Enterprise Storage 4, SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7, SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8): Fixed 3. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-8007/
ubuntu medium CVE-2018-8007 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (couchdb), 20 status rows across 20 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 17, ignored 1, needed 1, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-8007

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2018-8007

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apache couchdb <= 1.7.1 cpe:2.3:a:apache:couchdb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache couchdb >= 2.0.0, <= 2.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:apache:couchdb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2018-8007

URL Tags
http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/couchdb-announce/201807.mbox/%3C1699016538.6219.1531246785603.JavaMail.Joan%40RITA%3E Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/couchdb-announce/201807.mbox/%3c1439409216.6221.1531246856676.JavaMail.Joan%40RITA%3e
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104741 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://blog.couchdb.org/2018/07/10/cve-2018-8007/ Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/S5FPHVVU5KMRFKQTJPAM3TBGC7LKCWQS/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/X3JOUCX7LHDV4YWZDQNXT5NTKKRANZQW/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201812-06 Third Party Advisory
https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbmu03935en_us
https://www.mdsec.co.uk/2018/08/advisory-cve-2018-8007-apache-couchdb-remote-code-execution/ Exploit Third Party Advisory
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