Is CVE-2021-20333 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2021-20333 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2021-20333?

CVE-2021-20333 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2021-20333?

CVE-2021-20333 has an EPSS score of 1.27% (66th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2021-20333?

Upgrade MongoDB to 3.6.20 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2021-20333

MEDIUM

5.3

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Sending specially crafted commands to a MongoDB Server may result in artificial log entries being generated or for log entries to be split. This issue affects MongoDB Server v3.6 versions prior to 3.6.20; MongoDB Server v4.0 versions prior to 4.0.21 and MongoDB Server v4.2 versions prior to 4.2.10.

CWE-117 CWE-116

How to fix

Remediation Available

MongoDBWindows application

Affected:3.6.0 3.6.20Fixed in:3.6.20MongoDB Inc.

Affected:4.0.0 4.0.21Fixed in:4.0.21MongoDB Inc.

Affected:4.2.0 4.2.10Fixed in:4.2.10MongoDB Inc.

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityNone

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

Exploit Intelligence

1.27%probability of exploitation in 30 days

66thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 66% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

jira.mongodb.org

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.