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Vulnerability · Published May 6, 2020 · Assigned by mongodb

CVE-2020-7921Administrative action may disable enforcement of per-user IP whitelisting

Medium 4.6

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in MongoDB Server from MongoDB Inc.. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.7% (higher than 52% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.6Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.7%top 48.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Improper serialization of internal state in the authorization subsystem in MongoDB Server's authorization subsystem permits a user with valid credentials to bypass IP whitelisting protection mechanisms following administrative action. This issue affects MongoDB Server v4.2 versions prior to 4.2.3; MongoDB Server v4.0 versions prior to 4.0.15; MongoDB Server v4.3 versions prior to 4.3.3and MongoDB Server v3.6 versions prior to 3.6.18.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
MongoDB Inc. MongoDB Server 4.2 – before 4.2.34.0 – before 4.0.153.6 – before 3.6.184.3 – before 4.3.3

Weakness: CWE-182 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

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