CVE-2025-6713 HIGH

CVE-2025-6713: MongoDB Server may be susceptible to privilege escalation due to $mergeCursors stage

Vendor Mongodb Inc
Product MongoDB Server
Weakness CWE-285
Published July 7, 2025
Last update July 18, 2025
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CVSS base score

7.7/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

An unauthorized user may leverage a specially crafted aggregation pipeline to access data without proper authorization due to improper handling of the $mergeCursors stage in MongoDB Server. This may lead to access to data without further authorisation. This issue affects MongoDB Server MongoDB Server v8.0 versions prior to 8.0.7, MongoDB Server v7.0 versions prior to 7.0.19 and MongoDB Server v6.0 versions prior to 6.0.22

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

July 7, 2025 CVE published
July 18, 2025 Record updated