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CVE-2017-15535 in the critical feed json

MongoDB 3.4.x before 3.4.10, and 3.5.x-development, has a disabled-by-default configuration setting, networkMessageCompressors (aka wire pr…

published 2017-11-01 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-6987

cvss
9.1
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.6%
EPSS 1.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 75%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

MongoDB 3.4.x before 3.4.10, and 3.5.x-development, has a disabled-by-default configuration setting, networkMessageCompressors (aka wire protocol compression), which exposes a vulnerability when enabled that could be exploited by a malicious attacker to deny service or modify memory.

Patch / fix

  • mongodb mongodb 3.4.10
  • mongodb Package Hub 12 SP2 3.4.10-5.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2017:3018-1openSUSE-SU-2017:3022-1

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-2017-15535 updated cvss 5.7

mongodb: Invalid wire protocol compression

  • Red Hat Software Collections rh-mongodb34-mongodb, rh-mongodb34-mongodb-test, rh-mongodb34-mongodb-server, rh-mongodb34-mongodb-syspaths, rh-mongodb34-mongodb-server-syspaths
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6 (Juno) mongodb Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7 (Kilo) mongodb, mongodb-test, mongodb-server Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 mongodb, mongodb-server Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty) mongodb, mongodb-server Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 (Mitaka) mongodb, mongodb-server Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton) mongodb, mongodb-server
    +4 more products
    Red Hat OpenStack Platform 11 (Ocata) mongodb Red Hat Software Collections rh-mongodb32-mongodb, rh-mongodb30upg-mongodb, rh-mongodb32-mongodb-test, rh-mongodb32-mongodb-server, rh-mongodb30upg-mongodb-server Red Hat Storage Console 2 mongodb Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager 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

1.57% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 75% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 9.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.4 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

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