CVE-2025-1756 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in mongosh versions prior to 2.3.0, affecting MongoDB and Red Hat products. An attacker could exploit this by placing a crafted file in C:\node_modules\, potentially leading to unauthorized actions with elevated privileges on a user's system. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires local access, but can result in high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongosh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:codeready_linux_builder_eus:9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.4_aarch64CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:codeready_linux_builder_for_arm64_eus:9.4_aarch64:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.4_s390xCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:codeready_linux_builder_for_ibm_z_systems_eus:9.4_s390x:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.4_ppc64leCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:codeready_linux_builder_for_power_little_endian_eus:9.4_ppc64le:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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