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ghsa-2mmf-p5r8-wc5g

Vulnerability from github

Published

2025-09-15 18:31

Modified

2025-09-15 18:31

Severity ?

7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

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

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CVE-2025-10491 (GCVE-0-2025-10491)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2025-09-15 16:04

Modified

2025-09-16 03:55

Severity ?

7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE-284 - Improper Access Control

Summary

References

▼	URL	Tags
	https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-51366

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	MongoDB Inc	MongoDB Server	Version: 6.0 < 6.0.25 Version: 7.0 < 7.0.21 Version: 8.0 < 8.0.5

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

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Confirmed: The vulnerability is confirmed from an analyst perspective.
Exploited: This vulnerability was exploited and seen by the user reporting the sighting.
Patched: This vulnerability was successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
Not exploited: This vulnerability was not exploited or seen by the user reporting the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expresses doubt about the veracity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.

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