CVE-2025-1693: MongoDB Shell may be susceptible to control character Injection via shell output

3.9 CVSS

Description

The MongoDB Shell may be susceptible to control character injection where an attacker with control over the database cluster contents can inject control characters into the shell output. This may result in the display of falsified messages that appear to originate from mongosh or the underlying operating system, potentially misleading users into executing unsafe actions.

The vulnerability is exploitable only when mongosh is connected to a cluster that is partially or fully controlled by an attacker.

This issue affects mongosh versions prior to 2.3.9

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2025-1693

CVSS Base Severity: LOW

CVSS Base Score: 3.9

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Problem Types

CWE-150: Improper Neutralization of Escape, Meta, or Control Sequences

Affected Products

Vendor: MongoDB Inc

Product: mongosh

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.03% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 6.04% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-03-28 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-1693
https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/MONGOSH-2026

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