High severity · published Feb 4, 2022
CVE-2021-32036
An authenticated user without any specific authorizations may be able to repeatedly invoke the features command where at a high volume may lead to resource depletion or generate…
7.1
CVSS
1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An authenticated user without any specific authorizations may be able to repeatedly invoke the features command where at a high volume may lead to resource depletion or generate high lock contention. This may result in denial of service and in rare cases could result in id field collisions. This issue affects MongoDB Server v5.0 versions prior to and including 5.0.3; MongoDB Server v4.4 versions prior to and including 4.4.9; MongoDB Server v4.2 versions prior to and including 4.2.16 and MongoDB Server v4.0 versions prior to and including 4.0.28
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.0% · higher than 64% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MO
MongoDB · MongoDB
2.0.0 before 4.2.18; 4.4.0 before 4.4.10; 5.0.0 before 5.0.4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-32036
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-32036
Issue Tracking
https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-59294
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