CVE-2022-24706

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Summary

CVECVE-2022-24706
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-04-26 10:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:44:00 UTC
DescriptionIn 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.

Risk And Classification

EPSS: 0.943920000 probability, percentile 0.999730000 (date 2026-04-01)

CISA KEV: Listed on 2022-08-25; due 2022-09-15; ransomware use Unknown

Problem Types: CWE-1188

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

VendorApache
ProductCouchDB
NameApache CouchDB Insecure Default Initialization of Resource Vulnerability
Required ActionApply updates per vendor instructions.
Noteshttps://lists.apache.org/thread/w24wo0h8nlctfps65txvk0oc5hdcnv00; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-24706

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apache Couchdb All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Apache CouchDB Erlang Remote Code Execution ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com
2.2. Cluster Set Up — Apache CouchDB® 3.2 Documentation MISC docs.couchdb.org
oss-security - Re: CVE-2022-24706: Apache CouchDB: Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Packaging MLIST www.openwall.com
oss-security - CVE-2022-24706: Apache CouchDB: Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Packaging MLIST www.openwall.com
Apache CouchDB 3.2.1 Remote Code Execution ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com
lists.apache.org/thread/w24wo0h8nlctfps65txvk0oc5hdcnv00 MISC lists.apache.org
CouchDB, Erlang and cookies — RCE on default settings | by Konstantin Burov | Medium medium.com
oss-security - Re: CVE-2022-24706: Apache CouchDB: Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Packaging MLIST www.openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE-2022-24706: Apache CouchDB: Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Packaging MLIST www.openwall.com
CouchDB, Erlang and cookies — RCE on default settings | by Konstantin Burov | Medium MISC medium.com
oss-security - Re: CVE-2022-24706: Apache CouchDB: Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Packaging MLIST www.openwall.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog CISA www.cisa.gov kev

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: The Apache CouchDB Team would like to thank Alex Vandiver <[email protected]> for the report of this issue.

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 730467 Apache CouchDB Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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