mongosh <2.3.0: LPE via crafted file in C:\node_modules
CVE-2025-1756 Published on February 27, 2025
MongoDB Shell may be susceptible to local privilege escalation in Windows
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
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2025-1756 is exploitable with local system access, requires user interaction and a small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is consided to have a high level of attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
What is an Untrusted Path Vulnerability?
The application searches for critical resources using an externally-supplied search path that can point to resources that are not under the application's direct control.
CVE-2025-1756 has been classified to as an Untrusted Path vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2025-1756
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Affected Versions
MongoDB Inc mongosh:- Before 2.3.0 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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