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TI-2021-03617 Aliases CVE-2021-20329GHSA-f6mq-5m25-4r72

Specific cstrings input may not be properly validated in the Go Driver

Priority LOW 32CWE-1287Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · None
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 8 fixed, 14 without a fix

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

Summary

Specific cstrings input may not be properly validated in the MongoDB Go Driver when marshalling Go objects into BSON. A malicious user could use a Go object with specific string to potentially inject additional fields into marshalled documents. This issue affects all MongoDB GO Drivers prior to and including 1.5.0.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00935 61st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver (Go): 1.5.1Red Hat: 13 advisoriesRed Hat: 8 fixed, 14 without a fix

SSVC decision points

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
MongoDBMongoDB Go Driver1.0 – 1.5.0—No fix listedCNA
—go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver (Go)before 1.5.11.5.1Patch availableGHSA-f6mq-5m25-4r72
  • MongoDB Go Driver VendorMongoDB Affected 1.0 – 1.5.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver (Go) Vendor— Affected before 1.5.1 Fixed in 1.5.1 Patch available GHSA-f6mq-5m25-4r72

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:go_driver:*:*:*:*:*:mongodb:*:*up to 1.5.0VulnerableMongoDB
  • cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:go_driver:*:*:*:*:*:mongodb:*:* Versions up to 1.5.0 Vulnerable ·MongoDB

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-f6mq-5m25-4r72 go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver (Go) Fixed in 1.5.1 Advisory →

Red Hat 13 advisories

  • RHSA-2024:0193 Released 2024-01-17 · Red Hat rating Important
    OpenShift Container Platform 4.13.29 bug fix and security update
    • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13 openshift4/ose-aws-pod-identity-webhook-rhel8, openshift4/ose-cluster-network-operator, openshift4/ose-operator-lifecycle-manager
  • RHSA-2023:6817 Released 2023-11-08 · Red Hat rating Important
    OpenShift Virtualization 4.14.0 Images security and bug fix update
    • CNV 4.14 for RHEL 9 container-native-virtualization/bridge-marker-rhel9, container-native-virtualization/cluster-network-addons-operator-rhel9, container-native-virtualization/cnv-containernetworking-plugins-rhel9 +37
  • RHSA-2023:5007 Released 2023-10-31 · Red Hat rating Important
    OpenShift Container Platform 4.14.0 security update
    • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14 openshift-tech-preview/metallb-rhel8, openshift4/cloud-event-proxy-rhel8, openshift4/frr-rhel9 +47
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  • RHSA-2023:5006 Released 2023-10-31 · Red Hat rating Important
    OpenShift Container Platform 4.14.0 bug fix and security update
    • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14 openshift4/cloud-network-config-controller-rhel8, openshift4/driver-toolkit-rhel9, openshift4/egress-router-cni-rhel8 +47
  • RHSA-2023:4730 Released 2023-08-30 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    OpenShift Container Platform 4.13.10 security update
    • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13 openshift4/dpu-network-rhel8-operator
  • RHSA-2023:3645 Released 2023-06-15 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 2.2.7 security update
    • RHOSSM 2.2 for RHEL 8 openshift-service-mesh/prometheus-rhel8
  • RHSA-2023:1328 Released 2023-05-18 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    OpenShift Container Platform 4.13.0 security update
    • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13 openshift4/dpu-network-rhel8-operator, openshift4/metallb-rhel8-operator, openshift4/ose-aws-efs-csi-driver-container-rhel8 +17
  • RHSA-2023:1326 Released 2023-05-17 · Red Hat rating Important
    OpenShift Container Platform 4.13.0 security update
    • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13 openshift4/cloud-network-config-controller-rhel8, openshift4/egress-router-cni-rhel8, openshift4/kubevirt-csi-driver-rhel8 +47
  • RHSA-2023:1656 Released 2023-04-12 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    OpenShift Container Platform 4.10.56 security update
    • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.10 openshift4/ose-csi-driver-manila-rhel8-operator
  • RHSA-2023:1525 Released 2023-04-05 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    OpenShift Container Platform 4.9.59 security update
    • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.9 openshift4/ose-csi-driver-nfs-rhel8
  • RHSA-2023:1504 Released 2023-04-04 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    OpenShift Container Platform 4.11.34 bug fix and security update
    • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.11 openshift4/cloud-network-config-controller-rhel8, openshift4/driver-toolkit-rhel8, openshift4/egress-router-cni-rhel8 +47
  • RHSA-2023:1392 Released 2023-03-29 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    OpenShift Container Platform 4.10.55 security update
    • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.10 openshift4/ose-csi-driver-nfs-rhel8
  • RHSA-2023:1409 Released 2023-03-27 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    OpenShift Container Platform 4.12.9 security update
    • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12 openshift4/ose-csi-driver-manila-rhel8-operator, openshift4/ose-multus-cni

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Migration Toolkit for VirtualizationAffectedNo fix yet
OpenShift Developer Tools and ServicesAffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
OpenShift ServerlessAffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
OpenShift Service Mesh 2AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat 3scale API Management Platform 2AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform Assisted Installer 1AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat OpenShift Data Science (RHODS)AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat OpenShift GitOpsAffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization 4AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat Openshift Container Storage 4AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Quay 3AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
cert-manager Operator for Red Hat OpenShiftAffectedNo fix yet
CNV 4.14 for RHEL 9Fixed RHSA-2023:6817
RHOSSM 2.2 for RHEL 8Fixed RHSA-2023:3645
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.10Fixed RHSA-2023:1392, RHSA-2023:1656
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.11Fixed RHSA-2023:1504
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12Fixed RHSA-2023:1409
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13Fixed RHSA-2023:1326, RHSA-2023:1328, RHSA-2023:4730, RHSA-2024:0193
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14Fixed RHSA-2023:5006, RHSA-2023:5007
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.9Fixed RHSA-2023:1525
Not affected: 25 products
  • CNV 4.14 for RHEL 9
  • Cost Management Metrics Operator
  • Custom Metric Autoscaler operator for Red Hat Openshift
  • Logging Subsystem for Red Hat OpenShift
  • Migration Toolkit for Containers
  • Migration Toolkit for Virtualization
  • OpenShift API for Data Protection
  • OpenShift Secondary Scheduler Operator
  • OpenShift Serverless
  • RHOSSM 2.2 for RHEL 8
  • Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2
  • Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security 3
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.10
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.11
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.9
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform Assisted Installer 1
  • Red Hat OpenShift GitOps
  • Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 2
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2
  • Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4
  • Red Hat Quay 3

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-20329
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-f6mq-5m25-4r72

References

Advisory 2

Other 5

  • TI-2026-69717 Denial of service in MongoDB Go Driver via malformed BSON array CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.2
  • TI-2026-69716 Integer overflow in MongoDB Go Driver BSON handling causes panic CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.2
  • TI-2026-56242 Cross-database write retargeting via unvalidated dotted database name in Client.BulkWrite in the MongoDB Go Driver CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.1
  • TI-2026-60056 GridFS data deletion via query-operator injection in file IDs in the MongoDB Go Driver CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.1

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