GHSA-F5W3-73H4-JPCM

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-02-27 18:31 – Updated: 2025-02-27 20:59
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Summary
mongosh vulnerable to local privilege escalation
Details

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.

Severity ?
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "npm",
        "name": "mongosh"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.3.0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-1756"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-426"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2025-02-27T20:59:00Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-02-27T16:15:39Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "mongosh may be susceptible to local privilege escalation under certain conditions potentially enabling unauthorized actions on a user\u0027s system with elevated privilege, when a crafted file is stored in C:\\node_modules\\. This issue affects mongosh prior to 2.3.0.",
  "id": "GHSA-f5w3-73h4-jpcm",
  "modified": "2025-02-27T20:59:00Z",
  "published": "2025-02-27T18:31:13Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-1756"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:1756"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/mongodb-js/mongosh"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/MONGOSH-2028"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "mongosh vulnerable to local privilege escalation"
}


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