CVE-2020-24391: Remote code execution in mongo-express

April 13, 2021

mongo-express offers support for certain advanced syntax but implements this in an unsafe way. NOTE: this may overlap CVE-2019-10769.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-hxmg-hm46-cf62
github.com/mongo-express/mongo-express/commit/3a26b079e7821e0e209c3ee0cc2ae15ad467b91a
github.com/mongodb-js/query-parser/issues/16
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-24391

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