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MongoDB Shell < 2.3.0 Control Character Injection (MONGOSH-2028)

high Nessus Plugin ID 234124

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Synopsis

The remote host is missing a security update.

Description

The version of MongoDB Shell installed on the remote host is prior to 2.3.0. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the MONGOSH-2028 advisory.

 - 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. (CVE-2025-1756)

 Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to MongoDB Shell version 2.3.0 or later.

See Also

https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/MONGOSH-2028

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 234124

File Name: mongodb_shell_2_3_0.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: combined

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 4/10/2025

Updated: 4/10/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-1756

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: x-cpe:/a:mongodb:mongodb_shell

Required KB Items: installed_sw/MongoDB Shell

Patch Publication Date: 2/27/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/27/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-1756

IAVB: 2025-B-0037