MongoDB DoS Vulnerability (SERVER-51083) - Windows
🗓️ 02 Mar 2021 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The vulnerability of the MongoDB database management system, related to insufficient processing of regular expressions, allows attackers to trigger service failures or increase their privileges. | 6 Jul 202100:00 | – | bdu_fstec | |
| CVE-2020-7929 | 1 Mar 202118:43 | – | circl | |
| MongoDB 安全漏洞 | 1 Mar 202100:00 | – | cnnvd | |
| MongoDB Server Denial of Service Vulnerability (CNVD-2021-14786) | 3 Mar 202100:00 | – | cnvd | |
| CVE-2020-7929 | 1 Mar 202116:05 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2020-7929 Specially crafted regex query can cause DoS | 1 Mar 202116:05 | – | cvelist | |
| Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in MongoDB, Node.js, Docker, and XStream affect IBM Spectrum Protect Plus | 28 Jun 202120:25 | – | ibm | |
| CVE-2020-7929 | 1 Mar 202116:05 | – | debiancve | |
| EUVD-2020-28859 | 7 Oct 202500:30 | – | euvd | |
| Specially crafted regex query can cause DoS | 26 Feb 202100:00 | – | mongodb |
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| jira | www.jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-51083 |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:mongodb:mongodb";
if (description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.145476");
script_version("2026-01-09T05:47:51+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-01-09 05:47:51 +0000 (Fri, 09 Jan 2026)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2021-03-02 04:50:59 +0000 (Tue, 02 Mar 2021)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2021-03-08 15:40:00 +0000 (Mon, 08 Mar 2021)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2020-7929");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_name("MongoDB DoS Vulnerability (SERVER-51083) - Windows");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Databases");
script_dependencies("gb_mongodb_wire_protocol_detect.nasl", "os_detection.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("mongodb/detected", "Host/runs_windows");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"MongoDB is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"A user authorized to perform database queries may trigger denial of service
by issuing specially crafted query contain a type of regex.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"MongoDB versions 3.6.x - 3.6.20 and 4.0.x - 4.0.20.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 3.6.21, 4.0.21 or later.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-51083");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if (!port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE))
exit(0);
if (!version = get_app_version(cpe: CPE, port: port))
exit(0);
if (version_in_range(version: version, test_version: "3.6.0", test_version2: "3.6.20")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "3.6.21");
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
if (version_in_range(version: version, test_version: "4.0.0", test_version2: "4.0.20")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "4.0.21");
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
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09 Jan 2026 00:00Current
6.3Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.3
CVSS 24
CVSS 3.16.5
EPSS0.01289
SSVC