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

CVSS

No CVSS.

References

Link	Resource
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/pj83174r8f8f64odf47fwhozbfjtot0f
https://lists.apache.org/thread/gsbotof0qn8x6zlpd7t568ny4053jo0n
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/10/20/12

Configurations

No configuration.

History

20 Oct 2026, 19:19

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20 Oct 2026, 17:17

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CWE		CWE-409

20 Oct 2026, 16:17

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-10-20 16:17

Updated : 2026-10-20 19:34

NVD link : CVE-2026-90797

Mitre link : CVE-2026-90797

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-90797

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Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-409

Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification)

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