CVE-2025-1756
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CVE-2025-1756 is a high-severity vulnerability rated 7.8/10 on the CVSS scale. 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. EPSS estimates a 0.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
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
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Mongodb | Mongosh | < 2.3.0 |
| Redhat | Codeready Linux Builder Eus | 9.4 |
| Redhat | Codeready Linux Builder For Arm64 Eus | 9.4_aarch64 |
| Redhat | Codeready Linux Builder For Ibm Z Systems Eus | 9.4_s390x |
| Redhat | Codeready Linux Builder For Power Little Endian Eus | 9.4_ppc64le |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Update Services For Sap Solutions | 9.4 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Eus | 9.4 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux For Arm 64 | 9.4_aarch64 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux For Arm 64 Eus | 9.4_aarch64 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux For Ibm Z Systems | 9.4_s390x |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux For Ibm Z Systems Eus | 9.4_s390x |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux For Power Little Endian Eus | 9.4_ppc64le |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server Aus | 9.4 |
References
- https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/MONGOSH-2028Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:1756Third Party Advisory
Timeline
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- Status
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