CVE-2026-86471 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An 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.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High

Vulnerable System Availability Impact Low

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact High

Subsequent System Integrity Impact High

Subsequent System Availability Impact Low

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

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Advisories

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Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

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References

Link	Providers
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/pj83174r8f8f64odf47fwhozbfjtot0f
https://lists.apache.org/thread/c8p73gswgogtnzvk7hpw8jb8d4mnosdp

History

Tue, 20 Oct 2026 15:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		An 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.
Title		Apache CouchDB: Admin credentials leading to code execution as operating system user
References		https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/pj83174r8f8f64odf47fwhozbfjtot0f https://lists.apache.org/thread/c8p73gswgogtnzvk7hpw8jb8d4mnosdp
Metrics		cvssV4_0 `{'score': 9.3, 'vector': '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'}`

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apache

Published: 2026-10-20T15:38:09.681Z

Updated: 2026-10-20T15:38:09.681Z

Reserved: 2026-09-07T14:53:35.843Z

Link: CVE-2026-86471

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-20T16:17:15.217

Modified: 2026-10-20T16:17:15.217

Link: CVE-2026-86471

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Weaknesses

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