CVE-2025-10491

highpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.001 · 2 %ileDEEU

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.12% (2nd) EPSS

CVSS 7.8 · high

Is it mine?

9 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

The MongoDB Windows installation MSI may leave ACLs unset on custom installation directories allowing a local attacker to introduce executable code to MongoDB's process via DLL hijacking. This issue affects MongoDB Server v6.0 version prior to 6.0.25, MongoDB Server v7.0 version prior to 7.0.21 and MongoDB Server v8.0 version prior to 8.0.5

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:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · cna@mongodb.comexploitability 1.8 · 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-284US

affected products (9)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Open Source MongoDB <6.0.25all versionscert_bundDE
Open Source MongoDB <7.0.21all versionscert_bundDE
Open Source MongoDB <8.0.5all versionscert_bundDE
Open Source MongoDB< 6.0.25cert_bundDE
Open Source MongoDB< 7.0.21cert_bundDE
Open Source MongoDB< 8.0.5cert_bundDE
MongoDB Inc MongoDB Server6.0 → 6.0.25enisa_euvdEU
MongoDB Inc MongoDB Server7.0 → 7.0.21enisa_euvdEU
MongoDB Inc MongoDB Server8.0 → 8.0.5enisa_euvdEU

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2025-2054MongoDB: Schwachstelle ermöglicht CodeausführungDeutsch2025-09-15csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in MongoDB ausnutzen, um beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd cert_bund NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2025-09-15modified 2026-06-17

references (4)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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