What is CVE-2019-17426?

CVE-2019-17426 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Mongoosejs Mongoose. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2019-10-10.

How severe is CVE-2019-17426?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2019-17426 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Mongoosejs Mongoose

CVE-2019-17426

Automattic Mongoose through 5.7.4 allows attackers to bypass access control (in some applications) because any query object with a _bsontype attribute is ignored. For example, adding "_bsontype":"a" can sometimes interfere with a query fil…

EPSS: 0.017 (73.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Mongoosejs Mongoose
N/a — versions n/a

Public proof-of-concept exploits

seal-community/patches

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Patch, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-17426?: CVE-2019-17426 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Mongoosejs Mongoose. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2019-10-10.
How severe is CVE-2019-17426?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-17426 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.