CVE-2026-90798 (GCVE-0-2026-90798)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-10-20 15:39
Modified
2026-10-20 18:10
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Summary
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.
References
| URL | Tags | |
|---|---|---|
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apache Software Foundation | Apache CouchDB |
Version: 0 ≤ |
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