CVE-2023-26268 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2023-26268

Apache CouchDB, IBM Cloudant: Information sharing via couchjs processes

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Nick Vatamaniuc vatamane@apache.org

Affected Vendor

Apache Software Foundation

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Affected Software

Apache CouchDB, IBM Cloudant
Vulnerable Versions:
0

Timeline

Official Publish: May 2nd, 2023
Last Modified: October 15th, 2024
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)