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CVE-2022-24706

99
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-24706 is a critical vulnerability affecting Apache CouchDB versions prior to 3.2.2, allowing unauthenticated attackers to gain administrative privileges on improperly secured default installations. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability has a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and results in complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. It is actively exploited in the wild, with public exploit code available in Metasploit and Nuclei templates, and has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 3.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:couchdb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
92.51%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Added to KEV · Aug 25, 2022
Metasploit: Apache Couchdb Erlang RCE · Jan 21, 2022
Nuclei: CVE-2022-24706 · Apr 16, 2023
ExploitDB: EDB-50914 · May 11, 2022
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.9251 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 36,862 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

cisa.gov / known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
US Government Resource
packetstormsecurity.com / files/167032/Apache-CouchDB-3.2.1-Remote-Code-Execution.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
packetstormsecurity.com / files/169702/Apache-CouchDB-Erlang-Remote-Code-Execution.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
docs.couchdb.org / en/3.2.2/setup/cluster.html
Broken LinkProduct
lists.apache.org / thread/w24wo0h8nlctfps65txvk0oc5hdcnv00
Mailing ListVendor Advisory
medium.com / %40_sadshade/couchdb-erlang-and-cookies-rce-on-default-settings-b1e9173a4bcd
ExploitThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2022/04/26/1
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2022/05/09/1
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2022/05/09/2
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2022/05/09/3
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2022/05/09/4
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory