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high 8.1

CVE-2015-7882 json

Authentication bypass when using LDAP authentication in MongoDB Enterprise Server

published 7y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2015-7780

cvss
8.1
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.8%
EPSS 1.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 78%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Improper handling of LDAP authentication in MongoDB Server versions 3.0.0 to 3.0.6 allows an unauthenticated client to gain unauthorized access.

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2015-7882 updated cvss 9.1

mongodb: improper handling of LDAP authentication leading to unauthorized access

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7 (Kilo) mongodb, mongodb-test, mongodb-server Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 (Mitaka) mongodb, mongodb-server Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton) mongodb, mongodb-server Red Hat Satellite 6 mongodb, libmongodb, mongodb-server Red Hat Software Collections rh-mongodb34-mongodb, rh-mongodb36-mongodb, rh-mongodb34-mongodb-test, rh-mongodb36-mongodb-test, rh-mongodb34-mongodb-server, rh-mongodb36-mongodb-server, +4 more Red Hat Update Infrastructure 3 for Cloud Providers mongodb
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.76% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • jira.mongodb.org https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-20691 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 8.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.0 8.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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