MongoDB Certificate Validation Vulnerability (SERVER-72839) - Windows
🗓️ 08 Mar 2024 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2024 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 21 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| databases/mongodb* -- Improper Certificate Validation | 7 Mar 202400:00 | – | freebsd | |
| The vulnerability of the MongoDB database management system is related to errors in the TLS certificate validation process, which allows a perpetrator to establish unauthorized connections to the MongoDB server. | 13 Mar 202400:00 | – | bdu_fstec | |
| CVE-2024-1351 | 7 Mar 202418:27 | – | circl | |
| MongoDB Server 安全漏洞 | 7 Mar 202400:00 | – | cnnvd | |
| MongoDB Server Trust Management Issues Vulnerability (CNVD-2024-13539) | 12 Mar 202400:00 | – | cnvd | |
| CVE-2024-1351 | 7 Mar 202416:10 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2024-1351 MongoDB Server may allow successful untrusted connection | 7 Mar 202416:10 | – | cvelist | |
| EUVD-2024-17108 | 3 Oct 202520:07 | – | euvd | |
| FreeBSD : databases/mongodb* -- Improper Certificate Validation (a8448963-e6f5-11ee-a784-dca632daf43b) | 21 Mar 202400:00 | – | nessus | |
| Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-1351 | 21 Aug 202500:00 | – | nessus |
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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.151889");
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:"2024-03-08 06:45:27 +0000 (Fri, 08 Mar 2024)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"10.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2025-03-11 16:56:35 +0000 (Tue, 11 Mar 2025)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2024-1351");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_name("MongoDB Certificate Validation Vulnerability (SERVER-72839) - Windows");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2024 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 certificate validation vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Under certain configurations of --tlsCAFile and tls.CAFile,
MongoDB Server may skip peer certificate validation which may result in untrusted connections to
succeed. This may effectively reduce the security guarantees provided by TLS and open connections
that should have been closed due to failing certificate validation.
Required Configuration: A server process will allow incoming connections to skip peer certificate
validation if the server process was started with TLS enabled (net.tls.mode set to allowTLS,
preferTLS, or requireTLS) and without a net.tls.CAFile configured.");
# nb: 5.1.x through 5.3.x and 6.1.x through 6.3.x are not mentioned as affected in the advisory
# but have been released long after 3.2.6, are already EOL and thus assumed to be affected as well
# but just not mentioned by the vendor due to their EOL status.
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"MongoDB version 3.2.6 through 4.4.28, 5.x through 5.0.24,
5.1.x through 6.0.13 and 6.1.x through 7.0.5.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 4.4.29, 5.0.25, 6.0.14, 7.0.6 or later.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-72839");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.mongodb.com/docs/manual/release-notes/4.4/#4.4.29---february-28--2024");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.mongodb.com/docs/v5.0/release-notes/5.0/#5.0.25---february-28--2024");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.mongodb.com/docs/v6.0/release-notes/6.0/#6.0.14---feb-28--2024");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.mongodb.com/docs/manual/release-notes/7.0/#7.0.6---feb-28--2024");
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_exclusive(version: version, test_version_lo: "3.2.6", test_version_up: "4.4.29")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "4.4.29");
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
if (version_in_range_exclusive(version: version, test_version_lo: "5.0", test_version_up: "5.0.25")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "5.0.25");
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
if (version_in_range_exclusive(version: version, test_version_lo: "5.1", test_version_up: "6.0.14")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "6.0.14");
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
if (version_in_range_exclusive(version: version, test_version_lo: "6.1", test_version_up: "7.0.6")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "7.0.6");
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
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