Access Restriction Bypass Affecting mongodb package, versions [3.6.0,3.6.20)[4.0.0,4.0.20)[4.2.0,4.2.9)[4.4.0,4.4.1)[4.5.0,4.5.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (31st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-MONGODB-2371270
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed23 Nov 2020
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 23 Nov 2020

CVE-2020-7928  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade mongodb to version 3.6.20, 4.0.20, 4.2.9, 4.4.1, 4.5.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Access Restriction Bypass. A user authorized to perform database queries may trigger a read overrun and access arbitrary memory by issuing specially crafted queries. This issue affects: MongoDB Inc. MongoDB Server v4.4 versions prior to 4.4.1; v4.2 versions prior to 4.2.9; v4.0 versions prior to 4.0.20; v3.6 versions prior to 3.6.20.

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