MongoDB Server running on Linux may allow unexpected connections where intermediate certificates are revoked
A MongoDB server under specific conditions running on Linux with TLS and CRL revocation status checking enabled, fails to check the revocation status of the intermediate certificates in the peer's certificate chain. In cases of MONGODB-X509, which is not enabled by default, this may lead to improper authentication. This issue may also affect intra-cluster authentication. This issue affects MongoDB Server v5.0 versions prior to 5.0.31, MongoDB Server v6.0 versions prior to 6.0.20, MongoDB Server v7.0 versions prior to 7.0.16 and MongoDB Server v8.0 versions prior to 8.0.4. Required Configuration : MongoDB Server must be running on Linux Operating Systems and CRL revocation status checking must be enabled
- Published
- Apr 1, 2025
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.3% · 18th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-299
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Action score
39
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 39 / 40 · 9.8 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.3%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
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CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- 9.8
- CNA · mongodb
- 8.1
- 1.7 point gap
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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We use this product, ask for helpAffected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| mongodb | mongodb | cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- mongodb mongodb5.0.0 and later · before 5.0.31
- mongodb mongodb6.0.0 and later · before 6.0.20
- mongodb mongodb7.0.0 and later · before 7.0.16
- mongodb mongodb8.0.0 and later · before 8.0.4
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (mongodb). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
MongoDB Inc MongoDB Server
- 5.0 and later · before 5.0.31affected
- 6.0 and later · before 6.0.20affected
- 7.0 and later · before 7.0.16affected
- 8.0. and later · before 8.0.4affected
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Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
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Exploit status
No known public exploit
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Timeline
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FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
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Credits
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Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
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Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-299 · Improper Check for Certificate RevocationCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd-primary
Attack context
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Change log
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References
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