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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2025-1756
CVE-2025-1756:
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Overview
CVE-2025-1756 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting MongoDB Shell (mongosh) versions prior to 2.3.0. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on February 27, 2025. The issue specifically affects Windows-based systems where a crafted file stored in C:\node_modules\ could potentially enable unauthorized actions with elevated privileges (MongoDB JIRA, NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as an Untrusted Search Path issue (CWE-426). It has received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (HIGH), with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H. This indicates that while local access is required, the vulnerability could lead to significant impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the system (MongoDB JIRA).
Impact
If successfully exploited, this vulnerability could allow an attacker to perform unauthorized actions with elevated privileges on the affected system. The high CVSS score indicates potential severe impacts on system confidentiality, integrity, and availability when exploited (MongoDB JIRA).
Mitigation and workarounds
The primary mitigation is to upgrade MongoDB Shell to version 2.3.0 or later, which contains the fix for this vulnerability (MongoDB JIRA).
Additional resources
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