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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2021-20333

Sending specially crafted commands to a MongoDB Server may result in artificial log entries being generated or for log entries to be split.

MEDIUM 5.3EPSS 1.30%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.30%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

Sending specially crafted commands to a MongoDB Server may result in artificial log entries being generated or for log entries to be split. This issue affects MongoDB Server v3.6 versions prior to 3.6.20; MongoDB Server v4.0 versions prior to 4.0.21 and MongoDB Server v4.2 versions prior to 4.2.10.

CVSS 3.1
5.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
EPSS
1.30% probability · 70th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-117, CWE-116
Affected
mongodb/mongodb
Source
cna@mongodb.com
EPSS trend
0%3%5%26 October 2026: 1.30%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 1.3% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.