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Status published
High
CVE-2025-1756
MongoDB Shell may be susceptible to local privilege escalation in Windows
Vulnerability Description
mongosh may be susceptible to local privilege escalation under certain conditions potentially enabling unauthorized actions on a user's system with elevated privilege, when a crafted file is stored in C:\node_modules\. This issue affects mongosh prior to 2.3.0
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:
- T. Doğa Gelişli
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Affected Vendor
MongoDB Inc
View all reports →Affected Software
mongosh
Vulnerable Versions:
0
Timeline
Official Publish:
February 27th, 2025
Last Modified:
February 27th, 2025
Added to House:
July 22nd, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H