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GHSA-7926-69MG-83FH

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-10-20 18:31 – Updated: 2026-10-20 21:31

Details

A missing circuit-breaker in the replicator in Apache CouchDB 3.5.2 and below on all platforms allows the owner of a replication source or target to cause a denial of service via creating an infinite HTTP redirect loop.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.5.3, which fixes this issue.

Severity

0.6 (Low)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L/E:U/S:N/AU:Y/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber

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CVE-2026-90798 (GCVE-0-2026-90798)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-20 15:39 – Updated: 2026-10-20 18:10

Title

Apache CouchDB: Replicator follows redirects indefinitely

Summary

Severity

0.6 (Low)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L/E:U/S:N/AU:Y/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-10-20 16:55 UTC

CWE

CWE-834 - Excessive Iteration

Assigner

apache CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard B 76/100 over 1078 records in the last 180 days details

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/pj83174r8f8f…	release-notes
https://lists.apache.org/thread/m6d526fj57pvq5psw…	vendor-advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/1…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Apache Software Foundation	Apache CouchDB	Affected: 0 , < 3.5.3 (semver)

Credits

The Apache CouchDB Team

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