CVE-2021-20329 (GCVE-0-2021-20329)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-06-10 16:30 – Updated: 2024-09-16 22:55
VLAI
Title
Specific cstrings input may not be properly validated in the Go Driver
Summary
Specific cstrings input may not be properly validated in the MongoDB Go Driver when marshalling Go objects into BSON. A malicious user could use a Go object with specific string to potentially inject additional fields into marshalled documents. This issue affects all MongoDB GO Drivers prior to and including 1.5.0.
Severity
6.8 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-1287 - Improper Validation of Specified Type of Input
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
MongoDB Inc. MongoDB Go Driver Affected: 1.0 , ≤ 1.5.0 (custom)
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Date Public
2021-06-09 23:00
Credits
Hugo Ferrando Seage
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