What is GHSA-mh5c-679w-hh4r?

GHSA-mh5c-679w-hh4r is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. Denial of Service in mongodb

Why does GHSA-mh5c-679w-hh4r 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-mh5c-679w-hh4r?

GHSA-mh5c-679w-hh4r affects 1 product, including: npm/mongodb:\u003c 3.1.13.

GHSA-mh5c-679w-hh4rHighDisclosed before NVD

Denial of Service in mongodb

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

September 3, 2020

Last Modified

January 9, 2023

📋 Description

Versions of mongodb prior to 3.1.13 are vulnerable to Denial of Service. The package fails to properly catch an exception when a collection name is invalid and the DB does not exist, crashing the application.

Recommendation

Upgrade to version 3.1.13 or later.

🎯 Affected products1

npm/mongodb:< 3.1.13

🔗 References (2)

https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/1203
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mh5c-679w-hh4r