CVE-2022-24706

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-08-25. Federal remediation due 2022-09-15.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

92.51% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 99.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2022-04-26 00:00Z4 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-21 23:15Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2022-02-10

Assigning CNA

apache

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-1188Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure DefaultBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

49637861e094765f2a314f0b76bad18a4469632bd202dc73305707f459de879b

• lists.apache.orghttps://lists.apache.org/thread/w24wo0h8nlctfps65txvk0oc5hdcnv00
• docs.couchdb.orghttps://docs.couchdb.org/en/3.2.2/setup/cluster.html
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20220426 CVE-2022-24706: Apache CouchDB: Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Packaginghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/04/26/1mailing-list
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20220509 Re: CVE-2022-24706: Apache CouchDB: Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Packaginghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/05/09/1mailing-list
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20220509 Re: CVE-2022-24706: Apache CouchDB: Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Packaginghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/05/09/3mailing-list
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20220509 Re: CVE-2022-24706: Apache CouchDB: Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Packaginghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/05/09/4mailing-list
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20220509 Re: CVE-2022-24706: Apache CouchDB: Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Packaginghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/05/09/2mailing-list
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167032/Apache-CouchDB-3.2.1-Remote-Code-Execution.html
• medium.comhttps://medium.com/%40_sadshade/couchdb-erlang-and-cookies-rce-on-default-settings-b1e9173a4bcd
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/169702/Apache-CouchDB-Erlang-Remote-Code-Execution.html
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-24706government-resource