CVE-2026-90797
An unlimited gzip decompression routine in chttpd in Apache CouchDB 3.5.2 and below on all…
- Risk score
- 62/100
- CVSS
- 7.7 v4.0
- Exploit chance (30 days)
- 0.7%
- Published
- 20 Oct 2026
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What to know
- What it is
- 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
- See advisory
- Fix
- Upgrade the product to 3.5.3 or later.
- Exploitation
- No known exploitation
Why it is Amber
- CVSS 7.7 high
- Remotely exploitable without logging in
References
Original 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.
Last activity 20 Oct 2026. Patch Forecast updates every hour.