CVE-2019-10758 (GCVE-0-2019-10758)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2019-12-24 21:08
Modified
2025-10-21 23:35
Severity ?
9.9 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Remote Code Execution
Summary
mongo-express before 0.54.0 is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution via endpoints that uses the `toBSON` method. A misuse of the `vm` dependency to perform `exec` commands in a non-safe environment.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a mongo-express Version: All versions prior to version 0.54.0
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
Data from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Date added: 2021-12-10

Due date: 2022-06-10

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Used in ransomware: Unknown

Notes: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-10758

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