CVE-2026-90798 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A missing circuit-breaker in the replicator in Apache CouchDB 3.5.2 and below on all platforms allows the owner of a replication source or target to cause a denial of service via creating an infinite HTTP redirect loop.

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

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Attack Requirements Present

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None

Vulnerable System Availability Impact Low

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact Low

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

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Advisories

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

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References

Link	Providers
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/pj83174r8f8f64odf47fwhozbfjtot0f
https://lists.apache.org/thread/m6d526fj57pvq5pswm2lp1shbdz3f417

History

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

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		A missing circuit-breaker in the replicator in Apache CouchDB 3.5.2 and below on all platforms allows the owner of a replication source or target to cause a denial of service via creating an infinite HTTP redirect loop. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.5.3, which fixes this issue.
Title		Apache CouchDB: Replicator follows redirects indefinitely
References		https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/pj83174r8f8f64odf47fwhozbfjtot0f https://lists.apache.org/thread/m6d526fj57pvq5pswm2lp1shbdz3f417
Metrics		cvssV4_0 `{'score': 0.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L/E:U/S:N/AU:Y/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber'}`

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apache

Published: 2026-10-20T15:39:52.048Z

Updated: 2026-10-20T15:39:52.048Z

Reserved: 2026-09-13T15:05:11.722Z

Link: CVE-2026-90798

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-20T16:17:15.780

Modified: 2026-10-20T16:17:15.780

Link: CVE-2026-90798

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Weaknesses

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