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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD7.7 High

CVE-2026-90797

Apache CouchDB: Pre-authentication gzip decompression bomb via POST /_session

Description

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 products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Apache Software Foundation Apache CouchDB

Default version status: unaffected

  • 0 to < 3.5.3affected

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