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TI-2025-02694 Aliases CVE-2025-3084GHSA-75j9-xw79-qxqv

MongoDB Server may crash due to improper validation of explain command

Priority LOW 29CWE-703Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

When run on commands with certain arguments set, explain may fail to validate these arguments before using them. This can lead to crashes in router servers. This affects MongoDB Server v5.0 prior to 5.0.31, MongoDB Server v6.0 prior to 6.0.20, MongoDB Server v7.0 prior to 7.0.16 and MongoDB Server v8.0 prior to 8.0.4

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00413 35th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed MongoDB Server (MongoDB Inc): 5.0.31, 6.0.20, 7.0.16 +1

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
MongoDBMongoDB Server5.0 to before 5.0.31; 6.0 to before 6.0.20; 7.0 to before 7.0.16; 8.0 to before 8.0.45.0.31, 6.0.20, 7.0.16, 8.0.4Patch availableCNA
  • MongoDB Server VendorMongoDB Affected 5.0 to before 5.0.31; 6.0 to before 6.0.20; 7.0 to before 7.0.16; 8.0 to before 8.0.4 Fixed in 5.0.31, 6.0.20, 7.0.16, 8.0.4 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0.0 to before 5.0.31; 6.0.0 to before 6.0.20; 7.0.0 to before 7.0.16; 8.0.0 to before 8.0.4VulnerableMongoDB
  • cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0.0 to before 5.0.31; 6.0.0 to before 6.0.20; 7.0.0 to before 7.0.16; 8.0.0 to before 8.0.4 Vulnerable ·MongoDB

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA MongoDB Server (MongoDB Inc) Fixed in 5.0.31, 6.0.20, 7.0.16, 8.0.4

Fixed in the same release

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

  • Release ·

    MongoDB Server 5.0.31, 6.0.20 and 2 more versions

    2 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 1 MEDIUM, 1 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2025-02695 MongoDB Server running on Linux may allow unexpected connections where intermediate certificates are revokedPriority MEDIUM 43
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Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-3084
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-75j9-xw79-qxqv

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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Sources

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