CVE-2023-26268 MEDIUM

CVE-2023-26268: Apache CouchDB, IBM Cloudant: Information sharing via couchjs processes

Vendor Apache Software Foundation
Product Apache CouchDB
Weakness CWE-200 · Info exposure
Published May 2, 2023
Last update October 15, 2024

CVSS base score

4.4/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction Required
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

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.

Key dates

Disclosure timeline

May 2, 2023 CVE published
October 15, 2024 Record updated