CVE-2025-1691 describes a control character injection vulnerability in the MongoDB Shell (mongosh) affecting versions prior to 2.3.9. An attacker, controlling a MongoDB cluster, could leverage the autocompletion feature to inject and execute obfuscated malicious text if a user interacts by tabbing to autocomplete the attacker's prepared input. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity but requiring user interaction, potentially leading to high integrity impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.3.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongosh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 0, < 2.3.9CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongosh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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