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CVE-2022-24706 Apache CouchDB: Emulation and Detection

In this lab, you’ll practice abusing an Apache CouchDB service via remote authentication bypass. When you’re finished, you’ll have an understanding of vulnerability and how to detect and defend against it and similar attacks.

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Level
Beginner
Last updated
Aug 05, 2025
Duration
1h 0m

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Table of Contents
  1. Challenge

    Getting Started in the Lab Environment

    Here are the initial instructions and explanation of the lab environment. Read this while your environment is busy creating itself from nothing. Yes, this violates physics; we know. How fun!

  2. Challenge

    Setup: Configure a Test Apache CouchDB Server

    You will finalize the configuration of a test Apache CouchDB Server to validate exploitation of the CVE-2022-24706 vulnerability.

  3. Challenge

    Emulation: Verify Apache CouchDB Vulnerability to CVE-2022-24706

    In this challenge, you’ll respond to an alert from your Attack Surface Management tool indicating that Shodan indexed a vulnerable Apache CouchDB version on the public Internet. You’ll learn how to verify the legitimacy of the security issue by interacting with the potentially vulnerable web server and performing a remote authentication bypass.

  4. Challenge

    Detection: Find Indicators of Attempted CVE-2022-24706 Exploitation

    In this challenge, you’ll review the Apache CouchDB server application logs and network activity to understand what (if any) indicators of compromise are created. You’ll use the activity performed in the previous challenge to validate detection mechanisms are working as desired.

  5. Challenge

    Protection: Thwart CVE-2022-24706 Attack Attempts

    In this challenge, you’ll use the knowledge gained in the two previous challenges to make a decision on how to best mitigate the vulnerability in lieu of an official update. You’ll assume that the primary API available on TCP port 5984 must remain public facing to continue providing necessary services.

  6. Challenge

    Bonus: Taking It One Step Further

    Welcome to the final challenge! This is your last chance to experiment in the environment. Clicking Finish Lab will end this little world that flittered into existence just for you.

About the author

Krysta Coble is a new Pluralsight author focusing on red teaming, penetration testing, and hacking all the things.

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