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TI-2025-09618 Aliases CVE-2025-10491GHSA-2mmf-p5r8-wc5g

MongoDB Windows installation MSI may leave ACLs unset on custom installation directories

Priority LOW 35CWE-284Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-284.

Summary

The MongoDB Windows installation MSI may leave ACLs unset on custom installation directories allowing a local attacker to introduce executable code to MongoDB's process via DLL hijacking. This issue affects MongoDB Server v6.0 version prior to 6.0.25, MongoDB Server v7.0 version prior to 7.0.21 and MongoDB Server v8.0 version prior to 8.0.5

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00122 1st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed MongoDB Server (MongoDB Inc): 6.0.25, 7.0.21, 8.0.5

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

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 Server6.0 to before 6.0.25; 7.0 to before 7.0.21; 8.0 to before 8.0.56.0.25, 7.0.21, 8.0.5Patch availableCNA
  • MongoDB Server VendorMongoDB Affected 6.0 to before 6.0.25; 7.0 to before 7.0.21; 8.0 to before 8.0.5 Fixed in 6.0.25, 7.0.21, 8.0.5 Patch available CNA

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——MongoDB
  • cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·MongoDB

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA MongoDB Server (MongoDB Inc) Fixed in 6.0.25, 7.0.21, 8.0.5

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-10491
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2mmf-p5r8-wc5g

References

Other 1

  • TI-2019-08023 Code injection in mongo-express KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
  • TI-2025-13542 Zlib compressed protocol header length confusion may allow memory read KEVCVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2026-79432 BSON output corruption via out-of-range binary subtype in MongoDB C# Driver CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
  • TI-2026-79424 NoSQL command injection via mismatched BSON length in MongoDB C# Driver CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
  • TI-2026-79422 Unbounded memory growth in MongoDB C# Driver BSON deserialization CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.2
  • TI-2026-79427 Authentication bypass via issuer-and-serial-only certificate equality CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.6
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