CVE-2026-86471
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
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.
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS score
9.3
(v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Deferred
Source identifier
Published
2026-10-20 16:17:15.217000
Last modified
2026-10-21 04:18:11.080000
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"sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
"published": "2026-10-20T16:17:15.217",
"lastModified": "2026-10-21T04:18:11.080",
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