What is CVE-2020-7929?

CVE-2020-7929 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mongodb, classified under Incorrect Regular Expression. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-03-01.

How severe is CVE-2020-7929?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Mongodb

CVE-2020-7929

A user authorized to perform database queries may trigger denial of service by issuing specially crafted query contain a type of regex. This issue affects MongoDB Server v3.6 versions prior to 3.6.21 and MongoDB Server v4.0 versions prior…

EPSS: 0.013 (67.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Mongodb
Mongodb Inc. Server — versions 3.6, 4.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-185 — Incorrect Regular Expression

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-7929?: CVE-2020-7929 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mongodb, classified under Incorrect Regular Expression. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-03-01.
How severe is CVE-2020-7929?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.