Remote Code Execution (RCE) Affecting mongodb package, versions [3.4.0,3.4.22)[3.6.0,3.6.14)[4.0.0,4.0.11)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (45th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-MONGODB-2371288
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed30 Aug 2019
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 30 Aug 2019

CVE-2019-2390  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-94  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade mongodb to version 3.4.22, 3.6.14, 4.0.11 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (RCE). An unprivileged user or program on Microsoft Windows which can create OpenSSL configuration files in a fixed location may cause utility programs shipped with MongoDB server to run attacker defined code as the user running the utility. This issue affects: MongoDB Inc. MongoDB Server 4.0 prior to 4.0.11; 3.6 prior to 3.6.14; 3.4 prior to 3.4.22.

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