What is GHSA-r5m6-9384-3274?

GHSA-r5m6-9384-3274 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. An unlimited gzip decompression routine in chttpd in Apache CouchDB 3.5.2 and below on all...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-r5m6-9384-3274 cover?

GHSA-r5m6-9384-3274 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-90797. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

GHSA-r5m6-9384-3274High

An unlimited gzip decompression routine in chttpd in Apache CouchDB 3.5.2 and below on all...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

October 20, 2026

Last Modified

October 20, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-90797 →

📋 Description

An unlimited gzip decompression routine in chttpd in Apache CouchDB 3.5.2 and below on all platforms allows any remote client to cause a denial of service via memory exhaustion. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.5.3, which fixes this issue.

🔗 References (5)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-90797
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/pj83174r8f8f64odf47fwhozbfjtot0f
https://lists.apache.org/thread/gsbotof0qn8x6zlpd7t568ny4053jo0n
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/10/20/12
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r5m6-9384-3274