CVE-2025-6713CWE-285

MongoDB Server may be susceptible to privilege escalation due to $mergeCursors stage

High · published July 7, 2025

CVSS v3.1
7.7
EPSS
0%
Percentile
39.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

An unauthorized user may leverage a specially crafted aggregation pipeline to access data without proper authorization due to improper handling of the $mergeCursors stage in MongoDB Server. This may lead to access to data without further authorisation. This issue affects MongoDB Server MongoDB Server v8.0 versions prior to 8.0.7, MongoDB Server v7.0 versions prior to 7.0.19 and MongoDB Server v6.0 versions prior to 6.0.22

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.7 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00468 · 39.6th percentile
Weakness
CWE-285 · Improper Authorization
Published
2025-07-07T14:46Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 07 JUL 14:46Z
    MongoDB Server may be susceptible to privilege escalation due to $mergeCursors stage
    cvelistv5