Vulnerability in Mongodb Mongosh
CVE-2025-1691
The MongoDB Shell may be susceptible to control character injection where an attacker with control of the mongosh autocomplete feature, can use the autocompletion feature to input and run obfuscated malicious text. This requires user inter…
EPSS: 0.003 (20.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.6 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Mongodb Mongosh
- Mongodb Inc Mongosh — versions 0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cna@mongodb.com (Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-1691?
- CVE-2025-1691 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mongodb Mongosh, classified under Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component (Injection). CVSS score: 7.6/10. Published 2025-02-27.
- How severe is CVE-2025-1691?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.6 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2025-1691 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.