CVE-2021-32050
The published events may contain security-sensitive data when specific authentication-related commands are executed.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.65%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.65% probability · 49th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200, CWE-532
- Affected
- mongodb/c\+\+ · mongodb/c driver · mongodb/node.js · mongodb/php driver · mongodb/swift driver
- Source
- cna@mongodb.com
References
- https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/CDRIVER-3797Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/CXX-2028Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/NODE-3356Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/PHPC-1869Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SWIFT-1229Issue Tracking
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231006-0001/
- https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/CDRIVER-3797Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/CXX-2028Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/NODE-3356Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/PHPC-1869Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SWIFT-1229Issue Tracking
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00027.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231006-0001/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.