SARA / Free Tools / KEV / CVE-2019-10758

CVE-2019-10758 on CISA KEV

mongo-express before 0.54.0 is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution via endpoints that uses the `toBSON` method. A misuse of the `vm` dependency to perform `exec` commands in a non-safe environment.

CISA KEV — Actively Exploited

MongoDB mongo-express Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Vendor / Product
— / MongoDB / mongo-express
Added to KEV
2021-12-10
BOD 22-01 due
2022-06-10
Ransomware use
Unknown
CVSS / EPSS
· EPSS 94.36%

01What CISA says about this vulnerability

mongo-express before 0.54.0 is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution via endpoints that uses the `toBSON` method. A misuse of the `vm` dependency to perform `exec` commands in a non-safe environment.

02Required action — verbatim from CISA

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

03Notes & references

04SARA's analyst layer — why this matters

This vulnerability is currently on the CISA KEV list, which CISA only adds CVEs to when there is reliable evidence of active exploitation in the wild. For federal civilian agencies, BOD 22-01 requires remediation by the due date above. For everyone else, KEV is the strongest "patch immediately" signal you can get from public threat intel.

05Affected products (summary)

VendorProductVersions
na / mongoexpress — All versions prior to version 0.54.0

06Detection

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