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CVE-2022-24706

Critical CVSS 9.8 Known exploited

Published 2022-04-26 · last changed 2026-06-17 · added to CISA KEV 2022-08-25

This one is being exploited in the wild.

CISA added CVE-2022-24706 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-08-25. Federal agencies are required to remediate it on a deadline. If you have affected machines, this is the class of finding that moves ahead of the rest of the queue.

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-2022-24706, which normally means it is not a Windows CVE. For non-Microsoft software the fix is the vendor's own updated release, and the affected versions are listed below.

What it is

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.

Sources

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