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CVE-2026-42334 (GCVE-0-2026-42334)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-14 18:03 – Updated: 2026-05-14 18:18
VLAI
Title
Mongoose: Improper Sanitization of $nor in sanitizeFilter May Allow NoSQL Injection
Summary
Mongoose is a MongoDB object modeling tool designed to work in an asynchronous environment. Prior to 6.13.9, 7.8.9, 8.22.1, and 9.1.6, a vulnerability allows bypassing Mongoose’s sanitizeFilter query sanitization mechanism via the $nor operator. When sanitizeFilter is enabled, Mongoose wraps query operators in $eq to neutralize them. However, prior to the fix, $nor was not included in the set of logical operators that are recursively sanitized. Because $nor accepts an array (like $and and $or), and arrays do not trigger hasDollarKeys(), malicious operators such as $ne, $gt, or $regex could be injected inside a $nor clause without being sanitized. This vulnerability is fixed in 6.13.9, 7.8.9, 8.22.1, and 9.1.6.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-05-14 18:17 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-74 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Automattic mongoose Affected: < 6.13.9
Affected: >= 7.0.0, <= 7.8.8
Affected: >= 8.0.0, <= 8.22.0
Affected: >= 9.0.0, <= 9.1.5
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