CVE-2020-7929
Specially crafted regex query can cause DoS
6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.44%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2020-7929
To remediate CVE-2020-7929, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 3.6.21 or later
Is CVE-2020-7929 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- >= 3.6.0, < 3.6.21, >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.20
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |