CVE-2024-8207 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2024-8207

MongoDB Server binaries may load potentially insecure shared libraries from specific relative paths

Vulnerability Description

In certain highly specific configurations of the host system and MongoDB server binary installation on Linux Operating Systems, it may be possible for a unintended actor with host-level access to cause the MongoDB Server binary to load unintended actor-controlled shared libraries when the server binary is started, potentially resulting in the unintended actor gaining full control over the MongoDB server process. This issue affects MongoDB Server v5.0 versions prior to 5.0.14 and MongoDB Server v6.0 versions prior to 6.0.3. Required Configuration: Only environments with Linux as the underlying operating system is affected by this issue

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

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

MongoDB Inc

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Affected Software

MongoDB Server
Vulnerable Versions:
6.0, 5.0

Timeline

Official Publish: August 27th, 2024
Last Modified: May 16th, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

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

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-114

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.