CVE-2026-90800

published 2026-10-20

CVE-2026-90800: Missing authorisation checks in chttpd in Apache CouchDB 3.5.2 and below on all platforms allows any request to read the full contents of a prefixed _user or…

Priority P3 53 high 8.1 CVSS 4.0

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Missing authorisation checks in chttpd in Apache CouchDB 3.5.2 and below on all platforms allows any request to read the full contents of a prefixed _user or _replicator database via an unauthorised API endpoint.

The use of prefixed system databases is very rare.

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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