Couchdb causes a “process flooding” with 100% cpu power consumption

Question

Since a few days my couchdb v1.6.1 is starting continuously new processes consuming 100% of the cpu power. After a system reboot this behavior repeats. I added a screenshot

Answer 1

You've likely been hacked, thanks to a serious security flaw in CouchDB 1.6.1. Someone is probably mining bitcoin or similar on your server. Upgrade to CouchDB 1.7.1 or 2.1.1 or newer.