MongoDB Server up to 7.0.25/8.0.13 authorization

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A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in MongoDB Server up to 7.0.25/8.0.13. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation results in authorization. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2025-13643. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in MongoDB Server up to 7.0.25/8.0.13. Affected is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-862. The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

A user with access to the cluster with a limited set of privilege actions may be able to terminate queries that are being executed by other users. This may cause a denial of service by preventing a fraction of queries from successfully completing. This issue affects MongoDB Server v7.0 versions prior to 7.0.26 and MongoDB Server v8.0 versions prior to 8.0.14

The advisory is shared for download at jira.mongodb.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-13643 since 11/25/2025. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 276976 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-13643), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 7.0.26 or 8.0.14 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (276976) and EUVD (EUVD-2025-199550). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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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
• 7.0.22
• 7.0.23
• 7.0.24
• 7.0.25
• 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
• 8.0.10
• 8.0.11
• 8.0.12
• 8.0.13

License

• open-source

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