CVE-2026-86471
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Received - Intake
Command Injection in Apache CouchDB
Vulnerability report for CVE-2026-86471, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.
Publication date: 2026-10-20
Last updated on: 2026-10-20
Assigner: Apache Software Foundation
Description
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.
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| Apache | Software | Foundation Apache CouchDB 0 |
Helpful Resources
Exploitability
CWE
KEV
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-78 | The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component. |
