What is GHSA-hxwc-5vw9-2w4w?

GHSA-hxwc-5vw9-2w4w is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. NoSQL Injection in loopback-connector-mongodb

Why does GHSA-hxwc-5vw9-2w4w have no CVE ID yet?

GitHub Security Advisories published this advisory directly to customers before NVD assigned a CVE ID. This is the embargo-window disclosure pattern — vendors notify customers on day 0; NVD's public record follows days to weeks later.

Which products are affected by GHSA-hxwc-5vw9-2w4w?

GHSA-hxwc-5vw9-2w4w affects 1 product, including: npm/loopback-connector-mongodb:\u003c= 3.5.0.

GHSA-hxwc-5vw9-2w4wHighDisclosed before NVD

NoSQL Injection in loopback-connector-mongodb

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

September 2, 2020

Last Modified

January 9, 2023

📋 Description

Versions of loopback-connector-mongodb prior to 3.6.0 are vulnerable to NoSQL Injection. Filters passed to the database query are not properly sanitized which leads to execution of code on the database driver and data leak.

Recommendation

Upgrade to version 3.6.0 or later.

🎯 Affected products1

npm/loopback-connector-mongodb:<= 3.5.0

🔗 References (4)

https://loopback.io/doc/en/lb3/Security-advisory-08-15-2018.html
https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/767
https://github.com/loopbackio/loopback-connector-mongodb
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hxwc-5vw9-2w4w