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Improper Input Validation The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package couchdb  (opens in a new tab)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-COUCHDB-1174706
  • published21 Mar 2026
  • disclosed11 Jul 2018
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Introduced: 11 Jul 2018

CVE-2018-8007  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:16.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream couchdb package and not the couchdb package as distributed by Ubuntu.

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.

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