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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2021-20330

An attacker with basic CRUD permissions on a replicated collection can run the applyOps command with specially malformed oplog entries, resulting in a potential denial of service on secondaries.

MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 1.04%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.04%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

An attacker with basic CRUD permissions on a replicated collection can run the applyOps command with specially malformed oplog entries, resulting in a potential denial of service on secondaries. This issue affects MongoDB Server v4.0 versions prior to 4.0.27; MongoDB Server v4.2 versions prior to 4.2.16; MongoDB Server v4.4 versions prior to 4.4.9.

CVSS 3.1
6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
1.04% probability · 62th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-20
Affected
mongodb/mongodb
Source
cna@mongodb.com

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.