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CVE-2019-10758 (GCVE-0-2019-10758)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-12-24 21:08 – Updated: 2025-10-21 23:35
VLAI CISA Shadowserver Previdian
Summary
mongo-express before 0.54.0 is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution via endpoints that uses the `toBSON` method. A misuse of the `vm` dependency to perform `exec` commands in a non-safe environment.
Severity
9.9 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: active Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-02-07 12:54 UTC
CWE
  • Remote Code Execution
  • CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a mongo-express Affected: All versions prior to version 0.54.0
CISA
Known Exploited Vulnerability - GCVE BCP-07 Compliant
KEV entry ID: 2481c082-569d-4f22-8d5f-29e40f312865

Vulnerability ID: CVE-2019-10758

Status: Confirmed

Status Updated: 2021-12-10 00:00 UTC

Exploited: Yes

Timestamps
First Seen: 2021-12-10
Asserted: 2021-12-10
Scope
Notes: KEV entry: MongoDB mongo-express Remote Code Execution Vulnerability | Affected: MongoDB / mongo-express | Description: mongo-express before 0.54.0 is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution via endpoints that uses the `toBSON` method. | Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions. | Due date: 2022-06-10 | Known ransomware campaign use (KEV): Unknown | Notes (KEV): https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-10758
Evidence

Type: Vendor Report

Signal: Successful Exploitation

Confidence: 80%

Source: cisa-kev

Details
Cwes
Feed CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog
Product mongo-express
Due Date 2022-06-10
Date Added 2021-12-10
Vendorproject MongoDB
Vulnerabilityname MongoDB mongo-express Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Knownransomwarecampaignuse Unknown
References
Created: 2026-02-02 13:26 UTC | Updated: 2026-02-06 07:53 UTC
Shadowserver
Known Exploited Vulnerability - GCVE BCP-07 Compliant
KEV entry ID: 47db41dc-dfd2-4347-872d-4392d9a4c37f

Vulnerability ID: CVE-2019-10758

Status: Confirmed

Status Updated: 2026-09-07 00:00 UTC

Exploited: Yes

Characteristics
Severity: 99.0
Timestamps
First Seen: 2023-10-14
Asserted: 2023-10-14
Last Seen: 2026-09-07
Scope
Asset Exposure: ['internet-facing']
Notes: Affected: mongo-express / mongo-express | Class: database | Severity: Critical (CVSS 9.9) | IoT: no | In CISA KEV: yes | Honeypot connections on 2026-09-07: 12
Evidence

Type: Honeypot

Signal: In The Wild Attempts

Confidence: 70%

Source: shadowserver

Details
1D 4
Iot no
Feed Shadowserver Foundation honeypot/exploited-vulnerabilities
Type http-scan
Class database
7D Avg 3
Vendor mongo-express
30D Avg 1
90D Avg 1
Product mongo-express
Cisa Kev yes
Connections 12
Observation Date 2026-09-07
Vulnerability Class CVSS
Vulnerability Score 9.9
Vulnerability Severity Critical
References
Created: 2026-07-01 05:54 UTC | Updated: 2026-09-09 01:00 UTC
Previdian
Known Exploited Vulnerability - GCVE BCP-07 Compliant
KEV entry ID: 7d705ab8-0a12-460a-9a0f-fe13e19cad7c

Vulnerability ID: CVE-2019-10758

Status: Confirmed

Status Updated: 2021-12-10 00:00 UTC

Exploited: Yes

Timestamps
First Seen: 2021-12-10
Asserted: 2021-12-10
Scope
Notes: KEVIntel entry: mongo-express before 0.54.0 is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution via endpoints that uses the `toBSON` method. A misuse of the `vm` dependency to... | Affected: mongo-express / mongo-express | CVSS: 9.9 (CRITICAL) | Used in malware: unknown | Not yet in CISA KEV: False
Evidence

Type: Public Report

Signal: Successful Exploitation

Confidence: 70%

Source: kevintel

Details
Feed KEVIntel (kevintel.com)
Title mongo-express before 0.54.0 is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution via endpoints that uses the `toBSON` method. A misuse of the `vm` dependency to...
Vendor mongo-express
Product mongo-express
Added Date 2021-12-10T00:00:00.000Z
Cvss Score 9.9
Epss Score None
Cvss Severity CRITICAL
Epss Percentile None
Used In Malware unknown
Ahead Of Cisa Kev None
Not Yet In Cisa Kev False
References
Created: 2026-06-23 11:13 UTC | Updated: 2026-06-23 11:13 UTC
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Taxonomy of the tags.





Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

Sightings

Author Source Type Date Other

Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.


Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.


Related by attack behaviour

Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.