CVE-2025-1755

MongoDB Compass may be susceptible to local privilege escalation under certain conditions potentially enabling unauthorized actions on a user's system with elevated privileges, when a crafted file is stored in C:\node_modules\. This issue affects MongoDB Compass prior to 1.42.1

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 0.8 / Impact : 6.0

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/COMPASS-9058
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:1755.html

Configurations

No configuration.

History

27 Feb 2025, 16:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-02-27 16:15

Updated : 2025-02-27 16:15

NVD link : CVE-2025-1755

Mitre link : CVE-2025-1755

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-1755

JSON object : View

Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-426

Untrusted Search Path

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7.5 /10