CVE-2025-10491

published 2025-09-15

CVE-2025-10491: The MongoDB Windows installation MSI may leave ACLs unset on custom installation directories allowing a local attacker to introduce executable code to…

Priority P3 42 high 7.8 CVSS 3.1

AV L AC L PR L UI N S U C H I H A H

The MongoDB Windows installation MSI may leave ACLs unset on custom installation directories allowing a local attacker to introduce executable code to MongoDB's process via DLL hijacking. This issue affects MongoDB Server v6.0 version prior to 6.0.25, MongoDB Server v7.0 version prior to 7.0.21 and MongoDB Server v8.0 version prior to 8.0.5

Affected

3 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
mongodb_inc	mongodb_server	>= 6.0 < 6.0.25	6.0.25
mongodb_inc	mongodb_server	>= 7.0 < 7.0.21	7.0.21
mongodb_inc	mongodb_server	>= 8.0 < 8.0.5	8.0.5

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