CVE-2022-24706
CRITICAL severity · CVSS 9.8 · CWE-1188 · actively exploited (CISA KEV)
9.8CVSS CRITICAL exploited
Actively exploited in the wild (CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities).
Added to KEV 2022-08-25. US federal agencies must patch by 2022-09-15.
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)93%
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
This vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild — patch affected products urgently. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/05/09/2 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/05/09/2Patch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/05/09/3Patch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/05/09/4Patch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/04/26/1Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/05/09/1Advisory
- https://docs.couchdb.org/en/3.2.2/setup/cluster.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167032/Apache-CouchDB-3.2.1-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlAdvisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/169702/Apache-CouchDB-Erlang-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlAdvisory