CVE-2025-40906 describes multiple vulnerabilities within the bundled libbson 1.1.7 library used by BSON::XS versions 0.8.4 and earlier for Perl. This critical vulnerability, with a CVSS score of 9.8, allows for unauthenticated remote attackers to achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, BSON::XS is an end-of-life product, and there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| MONGODB | BSON::XS | >= 0, <= 0.8.4CNA affecteddefault unaffected |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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