CVE-2025-10491

MongoDB Windows installation MSI may leave ACLs unset on custom installation directories

State: Published
Severity: 7.8 High
Published: Sep 15, 2025
Updated: Feb 26, 2026
Reserved: Sep 15, 2025

Description

The MongoDB Windows installation MSI may leave ACLs unset on custom installation directories allowing a local attacker to introduce executable code to MongoDB's process via DLL hijacking. This issue affects MongoDB Server v6.0 version prior to 6.0.25, MongoDB Server v7.0 version prior to 7.0.21 and MongoDB Server v8.0 version prior to 8.0.5

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	7.8 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	mongodb

Weaknesses

CWE-284 Improper Access Control

Affected Products

Product	Versions
MongoDB ServerMongoDB Inc	6.0 to before 6.0.25Affected 7.0 to before 7.0.21Affected 8.0 to before 8.0.5Affected

References

https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-51366

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