Access Control Vulnerability in CouchDB by Apache
CVE-2020-1955

9.8CRITICAL

Key Information:

Vendor

Apache
Status
Apache Couchdb
Vendor
CVE Published:
20 May 2020

What is CVE-2020-1955?

CouchDB version 3.0.0 introduced a configuration setting designed to control access to the database server. The require_valid_user_except_for_up setting was intended to enforce valid credentials for all requests while allowing exceptions for the /_up endpoint. However, due to an implementation error, this setting inadvertently failed to enforce credential checks on any endpoint when enabled, posing a significant risk to the database's security. This issue was subsequently addressed in CouchDB versions 3.0.1 and 3.1.0.

Affected Version(s)

Apache CouchDB Apache CouchDB 3.0.0

References

https://docs.couchdb.org/en/master/cve/2020-1955.html
x_refsource_MISC

CVSS V3.1

Score:
9.8
Severity:
CRITICAL
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

.