Some MongoDB Drivers may publish events containing authentication-related data to a command listener configured by an application

Summary

Some MongoDB Drivers may erroneously publish events containing authentication-related data to a command listener configured by an application. The published events may contain security-sensitive data when specific authentication-related commands are executed. Without due care, an application may inadvertently expose this sensitive information, e.g., by writing it to a log file. This issue only arises if an application enables the command listener feature (this is not enabled by default). This issue affects the MongoDB C Driver 1.0.0 prior to 1.17.7, MongoDB PHP Driver 1.0.0 prior to 1.9.2, MongoDB Swift Driver 1.0.0 prior to 1.1.1, MongoDB Node.js Driver 3.6 prior to 3.6.10, MongoDB Node.js Driver 4.0 prior to 4.17.0 and MongoDB Node.js Driver 5.0 prior to 5.8.0. This issue also affects users of the MongoDB C++ Driver dependent on the C driver 1.0.0 prior to 1.17.7 (C++ driver prior to 3.7.0).

Timeline

1. Aug 29, 2023, 3:24 PM UTCCVE published
2. Sep 30, 2024, 5:34 PM UTCCISA SSVC assessment

   Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

3. Nov 3, 2025, 7:25 PM UTCRecord last updated

Affected versions

• MongoDB Inc MongoDB C Driver

  From 1.0.0 · fixed in 1.17.7

• MongoDB Inc MongoDB C++ Driver

  From 3.0.0 · fixed in 3.7.0

• MongoDB Inc MongoDB PHP Driver

  From 1.0.0 · fixed in 1.9.2

• MongoDB Inc MongoDB Swift Driver

  From 1.0.0 · fixed in 1.1.1

• MongoDB Inc MongoDB Node.js Driver

  From 3.6 · fixed in 3.6.10; From 4.0 · fixed in 4.17.0; From 5.0 · fixed in 5.8.0

• mongodb/mongodbPackagist

  From 1.0.0 · fixed in 1.9.2

• mongodbnpm

  From 3.6.0 · fixed in 3.6.10

• mongodbnpm

  From 4.0.0 · fixed in 4.17.0

• mongodbnpm

  From 5.0.0 · fixed in 5.8.0

• github.com/mongodb/mongo-swift-driverSwiftURL

  From 1.0.0 · fixed in 1.1.1

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