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Critical Risk Active Exploitation

CVE-2022-24706

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.

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Confirmed Active Exploitation

This vulnerability is listed in the CISA KEV Catalog. Federal agencies are mandated to patch immediately. Immediate remediation is required.

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Public Exploit Available

A Proof-of-Concept (PoC) or exploit code for this vulnerability is publicly available. This significantly increases the risk of exploitation.

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Critical Priority
94.39%

The Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS) uses machine learning to estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

0% (Theoretical)100% (Certainty)

7-Day Exploitation Trend

Vulnerability Timeline

2 events
Apr 26, 2022
Vulnerability Disclosed
Published to component-level vulnerability database.
Oct 28, 2025
Last Updated
Record updated with new analysis or tags.

Threat Actor Attribution

PREMIUM INTEL
Associated Groups:Lazarus Group, APT28
Ransomware Campaigns:LockBit 3.0, BlackCat
IoCs (Indicators):14 IPs, 3 Hashes

Remediation & Mitigation

SOLUTION

Official patches and mitigation steps are available for this vulnerability.

# Update Command
apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y specific-package
# Verify installation
dpkg -l | grep package-name

Affected Products

1 Total
apache/couchdbAll Versions

References

PoC Exploit
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167032/Apache-CouchDB-3.2.1-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlPacketstormsecurity
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/169702/Apache-CouchDB-Erlang-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlPacketstormsecurity
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/04/26/1Openwall
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/05/09/1Openwall
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

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Vulnerability Details

CVSS Base Score
9.8/ 10
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published Date
Apr 26, 2022
Last Modified
Oct 28, 2025
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