Code execution on Windows via OpenSSL engine injection

published 2019-08-30 7y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-12032

cvss: 8.2; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.9%; EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 60%
public exploits: 0; none known

An unprivileged user or program on Microsoft Windows which can create OpenSSL configuration files in a fixed location may cause utility programs shipped with MongoDB server to run attacker defined code as the user running the utility. This issue MongoDB Server v4.0 versions prior to 4.0.11; MongoDB Server v3.6 versions prior to 3.6.14 and MongoDB Server v3.4 prior to 3.4.22.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

MongoDB Inc. MongoDB Server 3.4.22, 3.6.14, 4.0.11

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Exploit prediction

0.93% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 60% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	8.2	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/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:N/UI:R/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

Affected products

MongoDB Inc. MongoDB Server

Classification

Weakness

CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code

Technology feeds

MongoDB rss critical rss

References

jira.mongodb.org /browse/SERVER-42233
issue-tracking, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2019-2390
NVD CVE-2019-2390

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