GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm

GHSA-973h-3x6p-qg37 MongoDB Shell may be susceptible to control character injection via pasting

MEDIUM Published 2025-02-27 Modified 2025-02-27 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2025-1692
Ecosystem
npm
Packages
mongosh
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-150
Reviewed
2025-02-27

Affected packages

• npm mongosh: < 2.3.9 → fixed in 2.3.9

Description

The MongoDB Shell may be susceptible to control character injection where an attacker with control of the user’s clipboard could manipulate them to paste text into mongosh that evaluates arbitrary code. Control characters in the pasted text can be used to obfuscate malicious code. This issue affects mongosh versions prior to 2.3.9.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2025-1692 The MongoDB Shell may be susceptible to control character injection where an attacker with control of the user’s clipboard could manipulate… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-150 Improper Neutralization of Escape, Meta, or Control Sequences weakness

References