Is CVE-2017-12636 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2017-12636 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2017-12636?

CVE-2017-12636 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.2 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2017-12636?

CVE-2017-12636 has an EPSS score of 90.60% (100th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2017-12636?

Upgrade couchdb to 1.7.0 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2017-12636

HIGHEPSS 100th pctl

7.2

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

CouchDB administrative users can configure the database server via HTTP(S). Some of the configuration options include paths for operating system-level binaries that are subsequently launched by CouchDB. This allows an admin user in Apache CouchDB before 1.7.0 and 2.x before 2.1.1 to execute arbitrary shell commands as the CouchDB user, including downloading and executing scripts from the public internet.

CWE-78OS Command Injection

How to fix

Remediation Available

couchdbNVD

Affected:< 1.7.0Fixed in:1.7.0CVE-2017-12636derived from NVD

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredHigh

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

90.60%probability of exploitation in 30 days

100thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 100% of all known CVEs.

References

Third-Party Advisory1

security.gentoo.org

Other references5

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CVE-2022-44877	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-13.