Threats / Apache / CVE-2022-24706
CVE-2022-24706
· EUVD no mirror located
· GCVE no mirror located
Verified 2026-06-22
Apache CouchDB vulnerability
Apache CouchDB contains an insecure default initialization vulnerability allowing privilege escalation to administrative access.
Verdict
Today item — known-exploited.
An attacker exploiting insecure defaults in CouchDB initialization can gain administrative privileges, enabling full system compromise. Active exploitation in the wild increases risk.
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Is it exploitable?
— the evidence, ranked above the scoreExploit available
Fully weaponized — public exploit code is cataloged for this vulnerability.We link the existence of the exploit; we do not host or redistribute payloads.
Reported exploitation
4 independent public reports of in-the-wild exploitation are cataloged.Distinct reporting sources (vendor, incident response, government); open them for the underlying claims.
Exploited in the wild
Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-08-25).
Probability (EPSS)
EPSS 0.92335 — modeled likelihood of exploitation activity.EPSS is a daily-changing model output — open the source for today's value.
Severity / affected
Affected: Apache, CouchDB. Confirm exact fixed builds in the vendor advisory.
Weakness (CWE)
Mapped to CWE-1188 Insecure Default Initialization — weakness family: Authorization / access control.CWE assignment from the public NVD record; the weakness class drives how the flaw is exploited.
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Who’s exploiting it?
— attribution turns risk into urgencyAttribution not established
No confirmed (advisory-backed) threat-actor attribution is established for this record. Absence of a named actor is not absence of compromise — see Coverage & confidence.
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Why it matters
— the attack path, told twice: adversary, then board1
Front door — unauthenticated access narrative 1
Attacker
I identify that CouchDB is deployed with insecure default resource initialization settings.
Business
Default configurations bypass intended security controls, expanding the attack surface.
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Keys to the kingdom — privilege/identity takeover narrative 2
Attacker
I exploit the initialization flaw to escalate my access level to administrative privileges.
Business
Administrative compromise enables unauthorized data access, modification, and system control.
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Lateral reach — past segmentation narrative 3
Attacker
I gain full control over the CouchDB instance and underlying data.
Business
Complete system compromise results in data breach, integrity loss, and operational disruption.
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What to do
— defensible action- Remediate per the vendor advisory — confirm the fixed build for your version and verify exposure.1
Say it to the boardA vulnerability with this evidence profile is a defensible budget line, not a backlog ticket — fund the change against the proof above.
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Coverage & confidence
— what we know, and what we don’tEstablished (cited)
Coverage gaps — stated, not hidden
Disclosure & credit2
Catalogued by apacheCNA
Credited with finding itThe Apache CouchDB Team would like to thank Alex Vandiver <[email protected]> for the report of this issue.unspecified