CVE-2025-6714

HIGH

7.5

CVSS v3

Description

MongoDB Server's mongos component can become unresponsive to new connections due to incorrect handling of incomplete data. This affects MongoDB when configured with load balancer support. This issue affects MongoDB Server v6.0 prior to 6.0.23, MongoDB Server v7.0 prior to 7.0.20 and MongoDB Server v8.0 prior to 8.0.9 Required Configuration: This affects MongoDB sharded clusters when configured with load balancer support for mongos using HAProxy on specified ports.

CWE-400Resource Exhaustion CWE-834

How to fix

Remediation Available

MongoDBWindows application

Affected:8.0.0 8.0.9Fixed in:8.0.9MongoDB Inc.

Affected:6.0.0 6.0.23Fixed in:6.0.23MongoDB Inc.

Affected:7.0.0 7.0.20Fixed in:7.0.20MongoDB Inc.

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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

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.31%probability of exploitation in 30 days

23rdpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 23% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

jira.mongodb.org

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Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2025-6714?

Upgrade MongoDB to 8.0.9 or later.

Is CVE-2025-6714 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2025-6714 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 0.31% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 23% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2025-6714?

CVE-2025-6714 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2025-6714 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for MongoDB (Windows application). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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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 2025-10-03.