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TI-2020-06408 Aliases CVE-2020-7925GHSA-v8v4-4v92-48h2

Denial of Service when processing malformed Role names

Priority LOW 36CWE-475Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 1 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

Incorrect validation of user input in the role name parser may lead to use of uninitialized memory allowing an unauthenticated attacker to use a specially crafted request to cause a denial of service. This issue affects MongoDB Server v4.4 versions prior to 4.4.0-rc12; MongoDB Server v4.2 versions prior to 4.2.9.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01694 77th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial MongoDB Server (MongoDB Inc.): 4.2.9, 4.4.0-rc12Red Hat: 1 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
MongoDBMongoDB Server4.2 to before 4.2.9; 4.4 to before 4.4.0-rc124.2.9, 4.4.0-rc12Patch availableCNA
  • MongoDB Server VendorMongoDB Affected 4.2 to before 4.2.9; 4.4 to before 4.4.0-rc12 Fixed in 4.2.9, 4.4.0-rc12 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 12

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.2.0 to before 4.2.9VulnerableMongoDB
cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:4.4.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*4.4.0 rc1VulnerableMongoDB
cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:4.4.0:rc10:*:*:*:*:*:*4.4.0 rc10VulnerableMongoDB
cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:4.4.0:rc11:*:*:*:*:*:*4.4.0 rc11VulnerableMongoDB
cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:4.4.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*4.4.0 rc2VulnerableMongoDB
cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:4.4.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*4.4.0 rc3VulnerableMongoDB
cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:4.4.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*4.4.0 rc4VulnerableMongoDB
cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:4.4.0:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*4.4.0 rc5VulnerableMongoDB
cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:4.4.0:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*4.4.0 rc6VulnerableMongoDB
cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:4.4.0:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*4.4.0 rc7VulnerableMongoDB
  • cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.2.0 to before 4.2.9 Vulnerable ·MongoDB
  • cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:4.4.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.4.0 rc1 Vulnerable ·MongoDB
  • cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:4.4.0:rc10:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.4.0 rc10 Vulnerable ·MongoDB
  • cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:4.4.0:rc11:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.4.0 rc11 Vulnerable ·MongoDB
  • cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:4.4.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.4.0 rc2 Vulnerable ·MongoDB
  • cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:4.4.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.4.0 rc3 Vulnerable ·MongoDB
  • cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:4.4.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.4.0 rc4 Vulnerable ·MongoDB
  • cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:4.4.0:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.4.0 rc5 Vulnerable ·MongoDB
  • cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:4.4.0:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.4.0 rc6 Vulnerable ·MongoDB
  • cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:4.4.0:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.4.0 rc7 Vulnerable ·MongoDB
Show 2 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:4.4.0:rc8:*:*:*:*:*:*4.4.0 rc8VulnerableMongoDB
cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:4.4.0:rc9:*:*:*:*:*:*4.4.0 rc9VulnerableMongoDB
  • cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:4.4.0:rc8:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.4.0 rc8 Vulnerable ·MongoDB
  • cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:4.4.0:rc9:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.4.0 rc9 Vulnerable ·MongoDB

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA MongoDB Server (MongoDB Inc.) Fixed in 4.2.9, 4.4.0-rc12

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton)AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Not affected: 3 products
  • Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2
  • Red Hat Software Collections
  • Red Hat Update Infrastructure 3 for Cloud Providers

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-7925
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-v8v4-4v92-48h2

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2025-13542 Zlib compressed protocol header length confusion may allow memory read KEVCVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2013-01669 MongoDB before 2.0.9 and 2.2.x before 2.2.4 does not properly validate requests to the… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.0
  • TI-2026-56639 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in MongoDB Sharded Cluster Router Allows Unauthenticated Denial of Service CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2026-56628 Reachable assertion in MongoDB Server CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2026-15322 Improper Input Validation in MongoDB Aggregation Framework Allows Unauthenticated Denial of Service on mongos CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2026-08537 Unbounded recursion in BSONColumn interleaved-reference causes pre-auth stack overflow CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
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