Apache CouchDB: Admin credentials leading to code execution as operating system user
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cve-program · CVE-2026-86471
PublishedAn unvalidated runtime configuration value in Apache CouchDB 3.5.2 and below on all platforms allows a CouchDB server admin to run arbitrary shell commands as the CouchDB operating system user. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.5.3, which fixes this issue.
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- 20 Oct 2026 15:38:09 UTC
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- 21 Oct 2026 03:56:24 UTC
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CVSS 4.0 · 9.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:H/SI:H/SA:L/E:A/S:N/AU:Y/R:U/V:C/RE:M/U:Red