CVE-2026-86471
Apache CouchDB: Admin credentials leading to code execution as operating system user
- Published
- Last modified
- Status
- published
- Known exploitation
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Fix
- Fixed in 3.5.3
- Public exploit
- None on Exploit-DB
Summary
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.
Affected versions
- Apache Software Foundation Apache CouchDB
fixed in 3.5.3