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TI-2020-06411 Aliases CVE-2020-7928GHSA-5mwc-rp6j-mw6r

Improper neutralization of null byte leads to read overrun

Priority LOW 32CWE-158Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 2 without a fix

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

Summary

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 Server v4.4 versions prior to 4.4.1; MongoDB Server v4.2 versions prior to 4.2.9; MongoDB Server v4.0 versions prior to 4.0.20 and MongoDB Server v3.6 versions prior to 3.6.20.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01442 73rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial MongoDB Server (MongoDB Inc.): 4.4.1, 4.2.9, 4.0.20 +1Red Hat: 2 without a fix

SSVC decision points

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
MongoDBMongoDB Server4.4 to before 4.4.1; 4.2 to before 4.2.9; 4.0 to before 4.0.20; 3.6 to before 3.6.204.4.1, 4.2.9, 4.0.20, 3.6.20Patch availableCNA
  • MongoDB Server VendorMongoDB Affected 4.4 to before 4.4.1; 4.2 to before 4.2.9; 4.0 to before 4.0.20; 3.6 to before 3.6.20 Fixed in 4.4.1, 4.2.9, 4.0.20, 3.6.20 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.6.0 to before 3.6.20; 4.0.0 to before 4.0.20; 4.2.0 to before 4.2.9; 4.4.0 to before 4.4.1; 4.5.0 to before 4.5.1VulnerableMongoDB
  • cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.6.0 to before 3.6.20; 4.0.0 to before 4.0.20; 4.2.0 to before 4.2.9; 4.4.0 to before 4.4.1; 4.5.0 to before 4.5.1 Vulnerable ·MongoDB

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA MongoDB Server (MongoDB Inc.) Fixed in 4.4.1, 4.2.9, 4.0.20, 3.6.20

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Release ·

    MongoDB Server 3.6.20, 4.0.20 and 2 more versions

    2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2019-01952 $mod can result in undefined behaviorPriority LOW 31
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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
Red Hat Software CollectionsAffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Not affected: 2 products
  • Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2
  • Red Hat Update Infrastructure 3 for Cloud Providers

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-7928
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5mwc-rp6j-mw6r

References

Patch 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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