CVE-2024-7553

highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.003 · 17 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.26% (17th) EPSS

CVSS 7.8 · high

Is it mine?

45 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-23

Incorrect validation of files loaded from a local untrusted directory may allow local privilege escalation if the underlying operating systems is Windows. This may result in the application executing arbitrary behaviour determined by the contents of untrusted files. This issue affects MongoDB Server v5.0 versions prior to 5.0.27, MongoDB Server v6.0 versions prior to 6.0.16, MongoDB Server v7.0 versions prior to 7.0.12, MongoDB Server v7.3 versions prior 7.3.3, MongoDB C Driver versions prior to 1.26.2 and MongoDB PHP Driver versions prior to 1.18.1. Required Configuration: Only environments with Windows as the underlying operating system is affected by this issue

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17.3highAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.17.3highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.17.3highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · cna@mongodb.comexploitability 1.3 · impact 5.9

v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-284USCWE-284US

affected products (45)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus <10.1.17all versionscert_bundDE
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus <10.1.17.1all versionscert_bundDE
Open Source MongoDB <5.0.27all versionscert_bundDE
Open Source MongoDB <6.0.16all versionscert_bundDE
Open Source MongoDB <7.0.12all versionscert_bundDE
Open Source MongoDB <7.3.3all versionscert_bundDE
Open Source MongoDB C Driver <1.26.2all versionscert_bundDE
Open Source MongoDB PHP Driver <1.18.1all versionscert_bundDE
Splunk Splunk Enterprise <10.0.1all versionscert_bundDE
Splunk Splunk Enterprise <9.2.8all versionscert_bundDE
Splunk Splunk Enterprise <9.3.6all versionscert_bundDE
Splunk Splunk Enterprise <9.4.4all versionscert_bundDE
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus< 10.1.17cert_bundDE
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus< 10.1.17.1cert_bundDE
Open Source MongoDB≤ C Driver <1.26.2cert_bundDE
Open Source MongoDB≤ PHP Driver <1.18.1cert_bundDE
Open Source MongoDB< 5.0.27cert_bundDE
Open Source MongoDB< 6.0.16cert_bundDE
Open Source MongoDB< 7.0.12cert_bundDE
Open Source MongoDB< 7.3.3cert_bundDE

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advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2024-1792MongoDB: Schwachstelle ermöglicht PrivilegieneskalationDeutsch2024-08-07csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in MongoDB ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen.
BIT-mongodb-2024-7553Accessing Untrusted Directory May Allow Local Privilege Escalation2024-09-20vendor · osvUS
Incorrect validation of files loaded from a local untrusted directory may allow local privilege escalation if the underlying operating systems is Windows. This may result in the application executing arbitrary behaviour determined by the contents of untrusted files. This issue affects MongoDB Server v5.0 versions prior to 5.0.27, MongoDB Server v6.0 versions prior to 6.0.16, MongoDB Server v7.0 versions prior to 7.0.12, MongoDB Server v7.3 versions prior 7.3.3, MongoDB C Driver versions prior to 1.26.2 and MongoDB PHP Driver versions prior to 1.18.1. Required Configuration: Only environments with Windows as the underlying operating system is affected by this issue

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2024-08-07modified 2026-06-17

references (11)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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