CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-86471
9.3 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Deferred
- Published
- 2026-10-20
- Last modified
- 2026-10-21
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 4.0 ([email protected])
- 9.3 CRITICAL — 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/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:N/AU:Y/R:U/V:C/RE:M/U:Red
- Weaknesses
- CWE-78
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.
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command weakness
References
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/pj83174r8f8f64odf47fwhozbfjtot0f lists.apache.org
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/c8p73gswgogtnzvk7hpw8jb8d4mnosdp lists.apache.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/10/20/11 www.openwall.com