High severity · published Aug 29, 2023
CVE-2021-32050
Some MongoDB Drivers may erroneously publish events containing authentication-related data to a command listener configured by an application
7.5
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Some MongoDB Drivers may erroneously publish events containing authentication-related data to a command listener configured by an application. The published events may contain security-sensitive data when specific authentication-related commands are executed.
Without due care, an application may inadvertently expose this sensitive information, e.g., by writing it to a log file. This issue only arises if an application enables the command listener feature (this is not enabled by default).
This issue affects the MongoDB C Driver 1.0.0 prior to 1.17.7, MongoDB PHP Driver 1.0.0 prior to 1.9.2, MongoDB Swift Driver 1.0.0 prior to 1.1.1, MongoDB Node.js Driver 3.6 prior to 3.6.10, MongoDB Node.js Driver 4.0 prior to 4.17.0 and MongoDB Node.js Driver 5.0 prior to 5.8.0. This issue also affects users of the MongoDB C++ Driver dependent on the C driver 1.0.0 prior to 1.17.7 (C++ driver prior to 3.7.0).
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 51% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CD
C Driver · Mongodb
1.0.0 before 1.17.7 · source: NVD
C
C++ · Mongodb
1.0.0 before 1.17.7 · source: NVD
NO
Node.js · Mongodb
3.6 before 3.6.10; 4.0 before 4.17.0; 5.0 before 5.8.0 · source: NVD
PD
Php Driver · Mongodb
1.0.0 before 1.9.2 · source: NVD
SD
Swift Driver · Mongodb
1.0.0 before 1.1.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-32050
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-32050
Issue Tracking
https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/CDRIVER-3797
Issue Tracking
https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/CXX-2028
Issue Tracking
https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/NODE-3356
Issue Tracking
https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/PHPC-1869
Issue Tracking
https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SWIFT-1229
security.netapp.com
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231006-0001/
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