What is CVE-2020-7924?

CVE-2020-7924 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mongodb Database Tools, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 4.2/10. Published 2021-04-12.

How severe is CVE-2020-7924?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.2 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Mongodb Database Tools

CVE-2020-7924

Usage of specific command line parameter in MongoDB Tools which was originally intended to just skip hostname checks, may result in MongoDB skipping all certificate validation. This may result in accepting invalid certificates.This issue affects: MongoDB Inc. MongoDB Database Tools 3.6 versions later than 3.6.5; 3.6 versions prior to 3.6.21; 4.0 versions prior to 4.0.21; 4.2 versions prior to 4.2.11; 100 versions prior to 100.2.0. MongoDB Inc. Mongomirror 0 versions later than 0.6.0.

Vulnerability class: Improper Certificate Validation

EPSS: 0.007 (49.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.2 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Mongodb Database_tools
Mongodb Mongomirror
Mongodb Inc. Database Tools — versions 3.6.5, 4.0, 4.2
Mongodb Inc. Mongomirror — versions 0.6.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-295 — Improper Certificate Validation

References

cna@mongodb.com (Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-7924?: CVE-2020-7924 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mongodb Database Tools, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 4.2/10. Published 2021-04-12.
How severe is CVE-2020-7924?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.2 out of 10.