MongoDB Server up to 7.0.21/8.0.9 KMIP Response Parser unusual condition

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in MongoDB Server up to 7.0.21/8.0.9 and classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component KMIP Response Parser. Such manipulation leads to unusual condition. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-12657. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in MongoDB Server up to 7.0.21/8.0.9. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component KMIP Response Parser. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unusual condition vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-754. The product does not check or incorrectly checks for unusual or exceptional conditions that are not expected to occur frequently during day to day operation of the product. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The KMIP response parser built into mongo binaries is overly tolerant of certain malformed packets, and may parse them into invalid objects. Later reads of this object can result in read access violations.

The advisory is shared for download at jira.mongodb.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-12657 since 11/03/2025. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 274350 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-12657), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 7.0.22 or 8.0.10 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (274350) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-2654). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

Affected

• Open Source MongoDB

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Type

• Database Software

Vendor

• MongoDB

Name

• Server

Version

• 7.0.0
• 7.0.1
• 7.0.2
• 7.0.3
• 7.0.4
• 7.0.5
• 7.0.6
• 7.0.7
• 7.0.8
• 7.0.9
• 7.0.10
• 7.0.11
• 7.0.12
• 7.0.13
• 7.0.14
• 7.0.15
• 7.0.16
• 7.0.17
• 7.0.18
• 7.0.19
• 7.0.20
• 7.0.21
• 8.0.0
• 8.0.1
• 8.0.2
• 8.0.3
• 8.0.4
• 8.0.5
• 8.0.6
• 8.0.7
• 8.0.8
• 8.0.9

License

• open-source

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