CVE-2025-1755 json
MongoDB Compass may be susceptible to local privilege escalation in Windows
published 2025-02-27 20 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2025-5457
- cvss
- 7.5
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.1%
- EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 3%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
MongoDB Compass may be susceptible to local privilege escalation under certain conditions potentially enabling unauthorized actions on a user's system with elevated privileges, when a crafted file is stored in C:\node_modules\. This issue affects MongoDB Compass prior to 1.42.1
Patch / fix
- MongoDB Inc MongoDB Compass 1.42.1
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
- Assessed
- 20 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 3% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 3.1 | 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Affected products
- MongoDB Inc MongoDB Compass
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-426 Untrusted Search Path
References
-
jira.mongodb.org
/browse/COMPASS-9058
issue-tracking, vendor-advisory
-
access.redhat.com
/errata/RHSA-2025:1755.html
third-party-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2025-1755
- NVD CVE-2025-1755
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