VulnerabilityAnalyzed
CVE-2025-1756
mongosh may be susceptible to local privilege escalation under certain conditions potentially enabling unauthorized actions on a user's system with elevated privilege, when a crafted file is stored in C:\node_modules\.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.14%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.14%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
mongosh may be susceptible to local privilege escalation under certain conditions potentially enabling unauthorized actions on a user's system with elevated privilege, when a crafted file is stored in C:\node_modules\. This issue affects mongosh prior to 2.3.0
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.14% probability · 4th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-426
- Affected
- mongodb/mongosh · redhat/codeready linux builder eus · redhat/codeready linux builder for arm64 eus · redhat/codeready linux builder for ibm z systems eus · redhat/codeready linux builder for power little endian eus · redhat/enterprise linux update services for sap solutions · redhat/enterprise linux eus · redhat/enterprise linux for arm 64 · redhat/enterprise linux for arm 64 eus · redhat/enterprise linux for ibm z systems · redhat/enterprise linux for ibm z systems eus · redhat/enterprise linux for power little endian eus · redhat/enterprise linux server aus
- Source
- cna@mongodb.com
References
- https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/MONGOSH-2028Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:1756Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.