CVE-2019-17426
mediumpriority · track · 37EPSS 0.015 · 74 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-24
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 filter. NOTE: this CVE is about Mongoose's failure to work around this _bsontype special case that exists in older versions of the bson parser (aka the mongodb/js-bson project).
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–critical · 6.4–9.1
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affected products (4)
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advisories (1)
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- GHSA-8687-vv9j-hgphImproper Input Validation in Automattic Mongoose2019-10-22ghsa · osvUS
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 filter. NOTE: this CVE is about Mongoose's failure to work around this _bsontype special case that exists in older versions of the bson parser (aka the mongodb/js-bson project).
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references (7)
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- https://github.com/Automattic/mongoose/commit/f3eca5b94d822225c04e96cbeed9f095afb3c31ccnnvd
- https://github.com/Automattic/mongoose/issues/8222cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17426cnnvd
- https://github.com/Automattic/mongoose/commit/f3eca5b94d822225c04e96cbeed9f095afb3c31cenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/Automattic/mongoose/issues/8222enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/Automattic/mongoose/commit/f3eca5b94d822225c04e96cbeed9f095afb3c31cPatchnvd
- https://github.com/Automattic/mongoose/issues/8222Third Party Advisorynvd
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