CVE-2020-7929CWE-185

Specially crafted regex query can cause DoS

Medium · published March 1, 2021

CVSS v3.1
6.5
EPSS
1%
Percentile
70.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A user authorized to perform database queries may trigger denial of service by issuing specially crafted query contain a type of regex. This issue affects MongoDB Server v3.6 versions prior to 3.6.21 and MongoDB Server v4.0 versions prior to 4.0.20.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01300 · 70.2th percentile
Weakness
CWE-185 · Incorrect Regular Expression
Published
2021-03-01T16:05Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 01 MAR 16:05Z
    Specially crafted regex query can cause DoS
    cvelistv5