CVE-2023-1409 — Improper Certificate Validation in Mongodb

CWE-295 — Improper Certificate ValidationCWE-783 — Operator Precedence Logic Error6 documents5 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
CNA5.3
EPSS
0.5%
top 35.45%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
MongodbMongodb INC Mongodb Server
Timeline
PublishedAug 23
Latest updateDec 8

Description

If the MongoDB Server running on Windows or macOS is configured to use TLS with a specific set of configuration options that are already known to work securely in other platforms (e.g. Linux), it is possible that client certificate validation may not be in effect, potentially allowing client to establish a TLS connection with the server that supplies any certificate. This issue affect all MongoDB Server v6.3 versions, MongoDB Server v5.0 versions v5.0.0 to v5.0.14 and all MongoDB Server v4.4 ve…

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

▶CVEListV5mongodb_inc/mongodb_server6.3 — 6.3.2+2
▶NVDmongodb/mongodb4.4.0 — 4.4.23+3

Patches

Patch: jira.mongodb.org ↗Patch: jira.mongodb.org ↗Patch: jira.mongodb.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
OSV
Revert "f2fs: fix to do sanity check on extent cache correctly"↗2025-12-08
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GHSA
GHSA-pjfq-h6gx-wrcf: If the MongoDB Server running on Windows or macOS is configured to use TLS with a specific set of configuration options that are already known to work↗2023-08-23
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OSV
CVE-2023-1409: If the MongoDB Server running on Windows or macOS is configured to use TLS with a specific set of configuration options that are already known to work↗2023-08-23
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CVEList
Certificate validation issue in MongoDB Server running on Windows or macOS↗2023-08-23
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Red Hat
kernel: Revert "f2fs: fix to do sanity check on extent cache correctly"↗2025-12-08
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