CVE-2025-1691

The MongoDB Shell may be susceptible to control character injection where an attacker with control of the mongosh autocomplete feature, can use the autocompletion feature to input and run obfuscated malicious text. This requires user interaction in the form of the user using ‘tab’ to autocomplete text that is a prefix of the attacker’s prepared autocompletion. This issue affects mongosh versions prior to 2.3.9. The vulnerability is exploitable only when mongosh is connected to a cluster that is partially or fully controlled by an attacker.

CVSS v3 7.6 HIGH

7.6^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.0 / Impact : 6.0

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/MONGOSH-2024	Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongosh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2025-02-27 13:15

Updated : 2025-09-22 16:42

NVD link : CVE-2025-1691

Mitre link : CVE-2025-1691

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-1691

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Products Affected

mongodb

mongosh

CWE

CWE-74

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

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