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Medium severity4.4NVD Advisory· Published May 2, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2023-26268

CVE-2023-26268

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.

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Affected products

6
  • Apache/Couchdb2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:apache:couchdb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:couchdb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <3.2.3
    • (no CPE)range: before 3.3.2 and 3.2.3
  • IBM/Cloudant
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cloudant:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Range: <=8349
  • osv-coords
    pkg:bitnami/couchdb
    Range: < 3.2.3
  • Apache Software Foundation/Apache CouchDBv5
    Range: 0
  • Apache Software Foundation/IBM Cloudantv5
    Range: 0

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