CVE-2020-7921 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2020-7921

Administrative action may disable enforcement of per-user IP whitelisting

Vulnerability Description

Improper serialization of internal state in the authorization subsystem in MongoDB Server's authorization subsystem permits a user with valid credentials to bypass IP whitelisting protection mechanisms following administrative action. This issue affects MongoDB Server v4.2 versions prior to 4.2.3; MongoDB Server v4.0 versions prior to 4.0.15; MongoDB Server v4.3 versions prior to 4.3.3and MongoDB Server v3.6 versions prior to 3.6.18.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Discovered by Tony Yesudas.

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Affected Vendor

MongoDB Inc.

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Affected Software

MongoDB Server
Vulnerable Versions:
4.2, 4.0, 3.6, 4.3

Timeline

Official Publish: May 6th, 2020
Last Modified: November 18th, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-182

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.