MongoDB mongosh up to 2.2.x File C:\node_modules\ untrusted search path

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in MongoDB mongosh up to 2.2.x. This affects an unknown function of the file C:\node_modules\ of the component File Handler. Such manipulation leads to untrusted search path. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2025-1756. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in MongoDB mongosh up to 2.2.x. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file C:\node_modules\ of the component File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a untrusted search path vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-426. The product searches for critical resources using an externally-supplied search path that can point to resources that are not under the product's direct control. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

mongosh may be susceptible to local privilege escalation under certain conditions potentially enabling unauthorized actions on a user's system with elevated privilege, when a crafted file is stored in C:\node_modules\. This issue affects mongosh prior to 2.3.0

The weakness was released by T. Doğa Gelişli as RHSA-2025:1756. The advisory is available at jira.mongodb.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-1756 since 02/27/2025. The exploitation is known to be difficult. Local access is required to approach this attack. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1574 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 234124 (MongoDB Shell < 2.3.0 Control Character Injection (MONGOSH-2028)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 2.3.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (234124). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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• Database Software

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• MongoDB

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• mongosh

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• 2.0
• 2.1
• 2.2

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• open-source

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