CVE-2026-90799 json
Apache CouchDB: Atom-table exhaustion in _changes sequences and _search bookmarks with specially crafted sequence values
published 22d ago modified 13d ago also BIT-couchdb-2026-90799 , EUVD-2026-105158
- cvss
- 1.3
- version 4.0, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.6%
- EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 51%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Unsafe binary deserialisation in chttpd in Apache CouchDB 3.5.2 and below on all platforms allows an authenticated user to cause a denial of service via memory exhaustion.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.5.3, which fixes this issue.
Patch / fix
- bitnami couchdb 3.5.3
- Apache Software Foundation Apache CouchDB 3.5.3
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- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 22d ago
Exploit prediction
0.64% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 51% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 4.0 | 1.3 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L/E:U/S:N/AU:Y/R:A/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber |
| CNA | 4.0 | 1.3 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L/E:U/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:N/AU:Y/R:A/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| bitnami | couchdb | <3.5.3 |
3.5.3 |
Affected products
- Apache Software Foundation Apache CouchDB
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data
References
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-90799
- NVD CVE-2026-90799
- OSV BIT-couchdb-2026-90799
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