CVE-2022-24706

highpriority · act · 90OT risk · criticalKEV · exploitedEPSS 0.925 · 100 %ileexploit · weaponizedEURUUS

grimoire priorityP0 · Act now

Exploitable?

Yes · in the wild

CISA KEV · 7 exploits · weaponized

Likely / severe?

92.5% (100th) EPSS

CVSS 10 · high

Is it mine?

4 products

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Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

added 2022-08-25remediate by 2022-09-15

required action Apply updates per vendor instructions.

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Apache CouchDB Insecure Default Initialization of Resource Vulnerability

In Apache CouchDB prior to 3.2.2, an attacker can access an improperly secured default installation without authenticating and gain admin privileges. The CouchDB documentation has always made recommendations for properly securing an installation, including recommending using a firewall in front of all CouchDB installations.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

10.0

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 9.8–10

v2.010highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 10

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.9

v3.19.8criticalAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondaryexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.9

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: active · Automatable: yes · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-1188USprimaryCWE-1188US

exploits (7)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

exploit/multi/http/apache_couchdb_erlang_rceApache Couchdb Erlang RCEweaponized · metasploit
EDB-50914Apache CouchDB 3.2.1 - Remote Code Execution (RCE)PoC · exploit_db
ahmetsabrimert/Apache-CouchDB-CVE-2022-24706-RCE-Exploits-Blog-post-I wrote a blog post about Apache CouchDB CVE-2022-24706 RCE ExploitsPoC · poc_in_github
becrevex/CVE-2022-24706Apache CouchDB 3.2.1 - Remote Code Execution (RCE) CheckerPoC · poc_in_github
junghyeonkum/CVE-2022-24706junghyeonkum/CVE-2022-24706PoC · poc_in_github
sadshade/CVE-2022-24706-CouchDB-ExploitApache CouchDB 3.2.1 - Remote Code Execution (RCE)PoC · poc_in_github

affected products (4)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Apache Software Foundation Apache CouchDB≤ Apache CouchDB ≤3.2.1enisa_euvdEU
Apache Software Foundation CouchDB≤ 3.2.2fstec_bduRU
apache couchdb< 3.2.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:couchdb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Bitnami couchdb< 3.2.2osvUSpkg:bitnami/couchdb

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

BIT-couchdb-2022-24706Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Packaging2024-03-06vendor · osvUS
In Apache CouchDB prior to 3.2.2, an attacker can access an improperly secured default installation without authenticating and gain admin privileges. The CouchDB documentation has always made recommendations for properly securing an installation, including recommending using a firewall in front of all CouchDB installations.

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2022-04-26modified 2026-06-17

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references (36)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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