What is CVE-2024-6376?

CVE-2024-6376 is a high-severity vulnerability in MongoDB Compass, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2024-07-01.

How severe is CVE-2024-6376?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-6376 known to be exploited?

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

RCE in MongoDB Compass

CVE-2024-6376

MongoDB Compass may be susceptible to code injection due to insufficient sandbox protection settings with the usage of ejson shell parser in Compass' connection handling. This issue affects MongoDB Compass versions prior to version 1.42.2

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

Published 2024-07-01 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.0 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (39.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 39th percentile — 39.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.005 · change: +0.001

Affected products

MongoDB Compass
MongoDB Inc Compass — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

jira.mongodb.org/browse/COMPASS-7496 (Patch, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-6376?: CVE-2024-6376 is a high-severity vulnerability in MongoDB Compass, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2024-07-01.
How severe is CVE-2024-6376?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-6376 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.