CVE-2020-7929 MEDIUM

CVE-2020-7929: Specially crafted regex query can cause DoS

Vendor Mongodb Inc.
Product MongoDB Server
Weakness CWE-185
Published March 1, 2021
Last update September 16, 2024
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CVSS base score

6.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A user authorized to perform database queries may trigger denial of service by issuing specially crafted query contain a type of regex. This issue affects MongoDB Server v3.6 versions prior to 3.6.21 and MongoDB Server v4.0 versions prior to 4.0.20.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

March 1, 2021 CVE published
September 16, 2024 Record updated