High severity · published Aug 7, 2024
CVE-2024-7553
Accessing Untrusted Directory May Allow Local Privilege Escalation
7.8
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Incorrect validation of files loaded from a local untrusted directory may allow local privilege escalation if the underlying operating systems is Windows. This may result in the application executing arbitrary behaviour determined by the contents of untrusted files. This issue affects MongoDB Server v5.0 versions prior to 5.0.27, MongoDB Server v6.0 versions prior to 6.0.16, MongoDB Server v7.0 versions prior to 7.0.12, MongoDB Server v7.3 versions prior 7.3.3, MongoDB C Driver versions prior to 1.26.2 and MongoDB PHP Driver versions prior to 1.18.1.
Required Configuration:
Only environments with Windows as the underlying operating system is affected by this issue
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 18% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MO
MongoDB · MongoDB
5.0 before 5.0.27; 6.0 before 6.0.16; 7.0 before 7.0.12; 7.3 before 7.3.3 · source: vendor, NVD
MC
MongoDB C Driver · MongoDB Inc
before 1.26.2 · source: vendor
MP
MongoDB PHP Driver · MongoDB Inc
before 1.18.1 · source: vendor
CD
C Driver · Mongodb
before 1.26.2 · source: NVD
PD
Php Driver · Mongodb
before 1.18.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-7553
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-7553
Vendor Advisory
https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/CDRIVER-5650
Vendor Advisory
https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/PHPC-2369
Vendor Advisory
https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-93211
More from MongoDB
9.9
CVE-2019-10758
MongoDB mongo-express Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
7.5
CVE-2025-14847
Zlib compressed protocol header length confusion may allow memory read
9.8
CVE-2026-19001
MongoDB BI Connector ODBC driver may write outside an allocated buffer when handling oversized catalog object names
9.8
CVE-2025-40906
BSON::XS versions 0.8.4 and earlier for Perl includes a bundled libbson 1.1.7, which has several vulnerabilities
9.8
CVE-2025-3085
MongoDB Server running on Linux may allow unexpected connections where intermediate certificates are revoked