CVE-2022-48282 MEDIUM

CVE-2022-48282: Deserializing compromised object with MongoDB .NET/C# Driver may cause remote code execution

Vendor Mongodb Inc
Product MongoDB .NET/C# Driver
Weakness CWE-502 · Unsafe deserialization
Published February 21, 2023
Last update March 11, 2025

CVSS base score

6.6/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Under very specific circumstances (see Required configuration section below), a privileged user is able to cause arbitrary code to be executed which may cause further disruption to services. This is specific to applications written in C#. This affects all MongoDB .NET/C# Driver versions prior to and including v2.18.0 Following configuration must be true for the vulnerability to be applicable: * Application must written in C# taking arbitrary data from users and serializing data using _t without any validation AND * Application must be running on a Windows host using the full .NET Framework, not .NET Core AND * Application must have domain model class with a property/field explicitly of type System.Object or a collection of type System.Object (against MongoDB best practice) AND * Malicious attacker must have unrestricted insert access to target database to add a _t discriminator."Following configuration must be true for the vulnerability to be applicable

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

February 21, 2023 CVE published
March 11, 2025 Record updated

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