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Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

CVE-2021-32036

High
7.1/10

Summary

An authenticated user without any specific authorizations may be able to repeatedly invoke the features command where at a high volume may lead to resource depletion or generate high lock contention. This may result in denial of service and in rare cases could result in id field collisions. This vulnerability affects the MongoDB Server version through 4.0.27, 4.1.0 through 4.2.17, 4.3.0 through 4.4.9, 5.0.0-alpha through 5.0.3 and 5.1.0-alpha.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • LOW
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

The software allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated, in violation of the intended security policy for that actor.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published