CVE-2026-90797

published 2026-10-20

CVE-2026-90797: An unlimited gzip decompression routine in chttpd in Apache CouchDB 3.5.2 and below on all platforms allows any remote client to cause a denial of service via…

Priority P3 46 high 7.7 CVSS 4.0

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An unlimited gzip decompression routine in chttpd in Apache CouchDB 3.5.2 and below on all platforms allows any remote client to cause a denial of service via memory exhaustion.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.5.3, which fixes this issue.

Affected

1 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
apache_software_foundation	apache_couchdb	< 3.5.3	3.5.3

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