---
id: CVE-2026-90798
title: 'Apache CouchDB: Replicator follows redirects indefinitely'
summary: >-
  A missing circuit-breaker in the replicator in Apache CouchDB 3.5.2 and below
  on all platforms allows the owner of a replication source or target to cause a
  denial of service via creating an infinite HTTP redirect loop.


  Users are recomm…
severity: low
cvss: 0.6
cvssVector: >-
  CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L/E:U/S:N/AU:Y/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber
cvssSource: cna
vendor: Apache Software Foundation
product: Apache CouchDB
affected:
  - apache_couchdb < 3.5.3
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-10-20T16:55:28.741545Z'
published: '2026-10-20'
updated: '2026-10-20'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-20T18:10:07.139Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-90798'
references:
  - url: 'https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/pj83174r8f8f64odf47fwhozbfjtot0f'
  - url: 'https://lists.apache.org/thread/m6d526fj57pvq5pswm2lp1shbdz3f417'
tags:
  - cve.org
ingestedAt: '2026-10-20T16:10:53.308Z'
---

## Overview

A missing circuit-breaker in the replicator in Apache CouchDB 3.5.2 and below on all platforms allows the owner of a replication source or target to cause a denial of service via creating an infinite HTTP redirect loop.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.5.3, which fixes this issue.

## Affected

- `apache_couchdb < 3.5.3`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.