Exploitation evidence
Known exploited · CISA KEV listed
Added 2022-08-25. Ransomware campaign use: Unknown.
CISA required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
CISA due date: 2022-09-15. This is the catalog’s deadline, not an assessment of your organization’s exposure.
KEV checked 13 Nov 2026, 00:20 Jerusalem · Original catalog ↗Reported products and versions
Apache Software Foundation / Apache CouchDB
Default status: Not specified
- affected: Apache CouchDB to ≤ 3.2.1 (custom)
Fixes and workarounds
No explicit solution text in the downloaded CVE record. Consult the vendor advisory; unaffected version ranges are shown above as reported, not inferred as a patch recommendation.
Reported workarounds: CouchDB 3.2.2 and onwards will refuse to start with the former default Erlang cookie value of `monster`. Installations that upgrade to this versions are forced to choose a different value. In addition, all binary packages have been updated to bind `epmd` as well as the CouchDB distribution port to `127.0.0.1` and/or `::1` respectively.
Sources and related reporting
CVE Program record ↗ · Download tracked evidence as JSON
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/w24wo0h8nlctfps65txvk0oc5hdcnv00
- https://docs.couchdb.org/en/3.2.2/setup/cluster.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/04/26/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/05/09/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/05/09/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/05/09/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/05/09/2
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167032/Apache-CouchDB-3.2.1-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- https://medium.com/%40_sadshade/couchdb-erlang-and-cookies-rce-on-default-settings-b1e9173a4bcd
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/169702/Apache-CouchDB-Erlang-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-24706
Observed change timeline
History begins when Egret first downloads each source. It is not the complete upstream CVE history.
12 Nov 2026, 18:20 Jerusalem · EPSS observation updated
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}05 Nov 2026, 06:20 Jerusalem · CVE Program record changed
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