CVE-2020-7921
published 2020-05-06CVE-2020-7921: Improper serialization of internal state in the authorization subsystem in MongoDB Server's authorization subsystem permits a user with valid credentials to…
PriorityP429medium5.3CVSS 3.1
AVNACHPRLUINSUCNIHAN
EPSS
0.66%
46.9th percentile
Improper serialization of internal state in the authorization subsystem in MongoDB Server's authorization subsystem permits a user with valid credentials to bypass IP whitelisting protection mechanisms following administrative action. This issue affects MongoDB Server v4.2 versions prior to 4.2.3; MongoDB Server v4.0 versions prior to 4.0.15; MongoDB Server v4.3 versions prior to 4.3.3and MongoDB Server v3.6 versions prior to 3.6.18.
Affected
8 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| mongodb | mongodb | >= 3.6.0 < 3.6.18 | 3.6.18 |
| mongodb | mongodb | >= 4.0.0 < 4.0.15 | 4.0.15 |
| mongodb | mongodb | >= 4.2.0 < 4.2.3 | 4.2.3 |
| mongodb | mongodb | >= 4.3.0 < 4.3.3 | 4.3.3 |
| mongodb_inc | mongodb_server | >= 3.6 < 3.6.18 | 3.6.18 |
| mongodb_inc | mongodb_server | >= 4.0 < 4.0.15 | 4.0.15 |
| mongodb_inc | mongodb_server | >= 4.2 < 4.2.3 | 4.2.3 |
| mongodb_inc | mongodb_server | >= 4.3 < 4.3.3 | 4.3.3 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.15.3MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
nvdv2.03.5LOWAV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
osv5.3MEDIUM
vendor_redhat4.6MEDIUM
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Red Hat
mongodb: Improper serialization permits bypass of IP based authentication restrictions
vendor_redhat·2020-06-05·CVSS 4.6
CVE-2020-7921 [MEDIUM] CWE-863 mongodb: Improper serialization permits bypass of IP based authentication restrictions
mongodb: Improper serialization permits bypass of IP based authentication restrictions
Improper serialization of internal state in the authorization subsystem in MongoDB Server's authorization subsystem permits a user with valid credentials to bypass IP whitelisting protection mechanisms following administrative action. This issue affects MongoDB Server v4.2 versions prior to 4.2.3; MongoDB Server v4.0 versions prior to 4.0.15; MongoDB Server v4.3 versions prior to 4.3.3and MongoDB Server v3.6 versions prior to 3.6.18.
A vulnerability was discovered in MongoDB, where an update operation on a user-define role clears the authenticationRestrictions field that was previously set. This unexpected behavior may remove previous IP based restrictions configured on a role, thus allowing a user to
GHSA
GHSA-4jqr-h7hr-v5mg: Improper serialization of internal state in the authorization subsystem in MongoDB Server's authorization subsystem permits a user with valid credenti
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-24
CVE-2020-7921 [MEDIUM] CWE-182 GHSA-4jqr-h7hr-v5mg: Improper serialization of internal state in the authorization subsystem in MongoDB Server's authorization subsystem permits a user with valid credenti
Improper serialization of internal state in the authorization subsystem in MongoDB Server's authorization subsystem permits a user with valid credentials to bypass IP whitelisting protection mechanisms following administrative action. This issue affects: MongoDB Inc. MongoDB Server 4.2 versions prior to 4.2.3; 4.0 versions prior to 4.0.15; 4.3 versions prior to 4.3.3; 3.6 versions prior to 3.6.18.
OSV
CVE-2020-7921: Improper serialization of internal state in the authorization subsystem in MongoDB Server's authorization subsystem permits a user with valid credenti
osv·2020-05-06·CVSS 5.3
CVE-2020-7921 [MEDIUM] CVE-2020-7921: Improper serialization of internal state in the authorization subsystem in MongoDB Server's authorization subsystem permits a user with valid credenti
Improper serialization of internal state in the authorization subsystem in MongoDB Server's authorization subsystem permits a user with valid credentials to bypass IP whitelisting protection mechanisms following administrative action. This issue affects MongoDB Server v4.2 versions prior to 4.2.3; MongoDB Server v4.0 versions prior to 4.0.15; MongoDB Server v4.3 versions prior to 4.3.3and MongoDB Server v3.6 versions prior to 3.6.18.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2020-7921 mongodb: Improper serialization permits bypass of IP based authentication restrictions [epel-all]
bugzilla·2020-06-30·CVSS 4.6
CVE-2020-7921 [MEDIUM] CVE-2020-7921 mongodb: Improper serialization permits bypass of IP based authentication restrictions [epel-all]
CVE-2020-7921 mongodb: Improper serialization permits bypass of IP based authentication restrictions [epel-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of epel-all.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
NOTE: this issue aff
Bugzilla
CVE-2020-7921 mongodb: Improper serialization permits bypass of IP based authentication restrictions
bugzilla·2020-06-18·CVSS 4.6
CVE-2020-7921 [MEDIUM] CVE-2020-7921 mongodb: Improper serialization permits bypass of IP based authentication restrictions
CVE-2020-7921 mongodb: Improper serialization permits bypass of IP based authentication restrictions
Improper serialization of internal state in the authentication subsystem in MongoDB Server's permits a user with valid credentials to bypass authentication restrictions protection mechanisms as a result of administrative actions on one of the user's roles. This issue affects: MongoDB Inc. MongoDB Server 4.2 versions prior to 4.2.3; 4.0 versions prior to 4.0.15; 4.3 versions prior to 4.3.3; 3.6 versions prior to 3.6.18.
Upstream Reference:
https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-45472
Discussion:
External References:
https://www.mongodb.com/alerts#security-related
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Mitigation:
There is no known mitigation for this issue, the flaw can only be resolved by applying updates.
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Cre
2020-05-06
Published