Critical severity · published May 16, 2025
CVE-2025-40906
BSON::XS versions 0.8.4 and earlier for Perl includes a bundled libbson 1.1.7, which has several vulnerabilities
9.8
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
BSON::XS versions 0.8.4 and earlier for Perl includes a bundled libbson 1.1.7, which has several vulnerabilities.
Those include CVE-2017-14227, CVE-2018-16790, CVE-2023-0437, CVE-2024-6381, CVE-2024-6383, and CVE-2025-0755.
BSON-XS was the official Perl XS implementation of MongoDB's BSON serialization, but this distribution has reached its end of life as of August 13, 2020 and is no longer supported.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 50% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MO
MongoDB · MongoDB
through 0.8.4 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-40906
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-40906
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00012.html
www.mongodb.com
https://www.mongodb.com/community/forums/t/mongodb-perl-driver-end-of-life/7890
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