CVEvulnerability
CVE-2023-26268
5.3 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2023-05-02
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 4.4 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200
Description
Design documents with matching document IDs, from databases on the same cluster, may share a mutable Javascript environment when using these design document functions:
* validate_doc_update
* list
* filter
* filter views (using view functions as filters)
* rewrite
* update
This doesn't affect map/reduce or search (Dreyfus) index functions.
Users are recommended to upgrade to a version that is no longer affected by this issue (Apache CouchDB 3.3.2 or 3.2.3).
Workaround: Avoid using design documents from untrusted sources which may attempt to cache or store data in the Javascript environment.
Affected configurations
• apache couchdb (< 3.2.3)
• apache couchdb (>= 3.3.0 < 3.3.2)
• ibm cloudant (<= 8349)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness
References
- https://docs.couchdb.org/en/stable/cve/2023-26268.html Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/ldkqs0nhpmho26bdxf4fon7w75hsq5gl Mailing List
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/r2wvjfysg3d92lhhjd1qh3wfr8mlp0pp Mailing List
- https://docs.couchdb.org/en/stable/cve/2023-26268.html Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/ldkqs0nhpmho26bdxf4fon7w75hsq5gl Mailing List
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/r2wvjfysg3d92lhhjd1qh3wfr8mlp0pp Mailing List