Privilege Escalation Affecting mongodb-js-metrics package, versions <6.0.0
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.04% (14th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-JS-MONGODBJSMETRICS-1243685
- published 7 Apr 2021
- disclosed 7 Apr 2021
- credit Unknown
Introduced: 7 Apr 2021
CVE-2021-20334 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade mongodb-js-metrics to version 6.0.0 or higher.
Overview
mongodb-js-metrics is a Shareable metric recording.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Privilege Escalation. A malicious 3rd party with local access to the Windows machine can execute arbitrary software with the privileges of the user who is running MongoDB Compass.
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