UBUNTU-CVE-2023-26268

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2023-26268

    Published: 2 May 2023Last Modified: 24 Oct 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2023-26268

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-26268, https://lists.apache.org/thread/ldkqs0nhpmho26bdxf4fon7w75hsq5gl, https://docs.couchdb.org/en/stable/cve/2023-26268.html, https://lists.apache.org/thread/r2wvjfysg3d92lhhjd1qh3wfr8mlp0pp, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-26268

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: couchdb

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.6.0-0ubuntu7

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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