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GHSA-VXC9-8M8H-9CP6

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-04-27 00:00 – Updated: 2025-10-22 00:32

Details

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.

Severity ?

9.8 (Critical)


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

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CVE-2022-24706 (GCVE-0-2022-24706)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-04-26 00:00 – Updated: 2025-10-21 23:15

Summary

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

CWE

CWE-1188 - Insecure Default Initialization of Resource

Assigner

apache

References

URL

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	http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167032/Apach…
	https://medium.com/%40_sadshade/couchdb-erlang-an…
	http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/169702/Apach…

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Apache Software Foundation	Apache CouchDB	Affected: Apache CouchDB , ≤ 3.2.1 (custom)

Credits

The Apache CouchDB Team would like to thank Alex Vandiver <alexmv@zulip.com> for the report of this issue.

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CVE-2022-24706 (GCVE-0-2022-24706)

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