Advisories for Npm/Mongoose package

2026

Mongoose's Improper Sanitization of $nor in sanitizeFilter May Allow NoSQL Injection

This vulnerability allows bypassing Mongoose’s sanitizeFilter query sanitization mechanism via the $nor operator. When sanitizeFilter is enabled, Mongoose wraps query operators in $eq to neutralize them. However, prior to the fix, $nor was not included in the set of logical operators that are recursively sanitized. Because $nor accepts an array (like $and and $or), and arrays do not trigger hasDollarKeys(), malicious operators such as $ne, $gt, or $regex could be …

2025

Mongoose search injection vulnerability

Mongoose versions prior to 8.9.5, 7.8.4, and 6.13.6 are vulnerable to improper use of the $where operator. This vulnerability arises from the ability of the $where clause to execute arbitrary JavaScript code in MongoDB queries, potentially leading to code injection attacks and unauthorized access or manipulation of database data. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2024-53900.

2024

Mongoose search injection vulnerability

Mongoose versions prior to 8.8.3, 7.8.3, and 6.13.5 are vulnerable to improper use of the $where operator. This vulnerability arises from the ability of the $where clause to execute arbitrary JavaScript code in MongoDB queries, potentially leading to code injection attacks and unauthorized access or manipulation of database data.

2023
2022
2020

Remote Memory Exposure in mongoose

Versions of mongoose before 4.3.6, 3.8.39 are vulnerable to remote memory exposure. Trying to save a number to a field of type Buffer on the affected mongoose versions allocates a chunk of uninitialized memory and stores it in the database. Recommendation Update to version 4.3.6, 3.8.39 or later.

2019