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CVE-2024-5629

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2024-5629 is an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in PyMongo versions 4.6.2 and earlier, affecting Debian Linux and MongoDB PyMongo. This flaw allows a malicious server to provide malformed BSON, leading to an exception that could expose arbitrary application memory. With a CVSS score of 8.1 (HIGH), it presents a significant risk due to its network attack vector and low attack complexity, potentially leading to high confidentiality and availability impacts. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 4.6.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:pymongo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 0, <= 4.6.2CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:pymongo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

4.7MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:L

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
1.6
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.66%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
47.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0066 is in the 49th percentile among its peer group of 14,855 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (6)

pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: pymongoFixed in: 4.6.3
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: python36:3.6-8100020250430074622.4c5117ad
View patch
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: python27:2.7/python-pymongo
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.1Fixed in: openstack-panko
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2Fixed in: openstack-panko
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1Fixed in: python-pymongo

Vendor Advisories (2)

pipGHSA-m87m-mmvp-v9qmmedium

PyMongo Out-of-bounds Read in the bson module

Jun 5, 2024
redhatCVE-2024-5629Low

python-pymongo: Out-of-bounds read in bson module

Jun 5, 2024

References

lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00032.html
jira.mongodb.org / browse/PYTHON-4305
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00007.html
Third Party Advisory