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CVE-2021-20329

Specific cstrings input may not be properly validated in the Go Driver

Severity Score

6.5
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

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.

Es posible que la entrada de cadenas de caracteres específicas no se validen apropiadamente en el controlador MongoDB Go al marshallar objetos Go en BSON. Un usuario malicioso podría usar un objeto Go con una cadena específica para inyectar potencialmente campos adicionales en los documentos ordenados. Este problema afecta a todos los controladores GO de MongoDB hasta (e incluyendo) la versión 1.5.0

A flaw was found in Mongo. Specific cstrings input may not be properly validated in the MongoDB Go Driver when marshaling Go objects into BSON. This flaw allows a malicious user to use a Go object with a specific string to inject additional fields into marshaled documents.

Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform is Red Hat's cloud computing Kubernetes application platform solution designed for on-premise or private cloud deployments. This advisory contains the container images for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13.0. Issues addressed include bypass, denial of service, information leakage, out of bounds read, and remote SQL injection vulnerabilities.

*Credits: Hugo Ferrando Seage
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2020-12-17 CVE Reserved
  • 2021-06-10 CVE Published
  • 2024-09-16 CVE Updated
  • 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation
  • CWE-1287: Improper Validation of Specified Type of Input
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Mongodb
Search vendor "Mongodb"
 Go Driver
Search vendor "Mongodb" for product "Go Driver"
 <= 1.5.0
Search vendor "Mongodb" for product "Go Driver" and version " <= 1.5.0"
mongodb
Affected