ejson shell parser in MongoDB Compass maybe bypassed

Description

MongoDB Compass may be susceptible to code injection due to insufficient sandbox protection settings with the usage of ejson shell parser in Compass’ connection handling. This issue affects MongoDB Compass versions prior to version 1.42.2.

Recommendation

Update the @mongodb-js/connection-form package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

• Affected version(s): < 1.20.1
• Patched version(s): 1.20.1

References

• GHSA-jxr4-4prv-mh83
• jira.mongodb.org
• CVE-2024-6376
• CWE-20
• CWE-94
• CAPEC-310
• OWASP 2021-A3
• OWASP 2021-A6

Related Issues

• s3-url-parser vulnerable to Denial of Service via regexes component - CVE-2024-25355
• KaTeX's maxExpand bypassed by Unicode sub/superscripts - CVE-2024-28244
• json-schema-ref-parser Prototype Pollution issue - CVE-2024-29651
• Entity Expansion Limits Bypassed When Set to Zero Due to JavaScript Falsy Evaluation in fast-xml-parser - CVE-2026-33349

You might also like:

How to Secure your NodeJs Express Javascript Application - part 1

How to Secure your NodeJs Express Javascript Application - part 2

10 Secure Coding Best Practices to Follow in Every Project

Tags:

npm

@mongodb-js/connection-form