🛡️ CVE-2024-7553 — c-driver

🟠 CVSS 8.0 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-284 NVD

8.0

CVSS Score

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Description

Accessing Untrusted Directory May Allow Local Privilege Escalation

Incorrect validation of files loaded from a local untrusted directory may allow local privilege escalation if the underlying operating systems is Windows. This may result in the application executing arbitrary behaviour determined by the contents of untrusted files. This issue affects MongoDB Server v5.0 versions prior to 5.0.27, MongoDB Server v6.0 versions prior to 6.0.16, MongoDB Server v7.0 versions prior to 7.0.12, MongoDB Server v7.3 versions prior 7.3.3, MongoDB C Driver versions prior to 1.26.2 and MongoDB PHP Driver versions prior to 1.18.1.

Required Configuration:

Only environments with Windows as the underlying operating system is affected by this issue

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

Weakness class

CVE-2024-7553 is classified as CWE-284: Improper Access Control. The software does not restrict an action to the actors that should be allowed to perform it.

Affected software

CVE-2024-7553 is recorded against 3 packages.

c-driver (fixed in 1.26.2)
mongodb
php-driver (fixed in 1.18.1)

Timeline and source

Published on 7 August 2024 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

jira.mongodb.org
jira.mongodb.org
jira.mongodb.org

CVE-2024-7553 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Ubuntu

Details

Severity HIGH

CVSS Score 8.0

CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE CWE-284

Public Exploit ✅ No

Source NVD

Published 2024-08-07

Updated 2026-08-12

Modified 2026-06-17

Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software	From version	Fixed in
c-driver	—	1.26.2
mongodb	—	—
php-driver	—	1.18.1

References

Vendor Advisory https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/CDRIVER-5650

Vendor Advisory https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/PHPC-2369

Vendor Advisory https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-93211

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