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CVE-2023-4009

Privilege Escalation for Project Owner and Project User Admin Roles in Ops Manager

Published: Aug 8, 2023Updated: Feb 13, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-648
7.2HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.8%
Top 48.0%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
Not available

Description

In MongoDB Ops Manager v5.0 prior to 5.0.22 and v6.0 prior to 6.0.17 it is possible for an authenticated user with project owner or project user admin access to generate an API key with the privileges of org owner resulting in privilege escalation.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:HUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:HPrivileges Required
High
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-648CWE-269

Affected Products

mongodb
commercial·US
ops manager server
Databases
MongoDB Inc.
commercial·USaka mongodb server, mongodb ops manager, mongodb
MongoDB Ops ManagerMixed
Databases / nosql

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230831-0013/
security.netapp.com
https://www.mongodb.com/docs/ops-manager/current/release-notes/application/#onprem-server-6-0
mongodb.com
https://www.mongodb.com/docs/ops-manager/v5.0/release-notes/application/#onprem-server-5-0-22
mongodb.com

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