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

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Tags:

npm

@mongodb-js/connection-form