{"id":15388,"date":"2025-12-26T20:23:18","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T20:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newestek.com\/?p=15388"},"modified":"2025-12-26T20:23:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T20:23:18","slug":"high-severity-flaw-in-mongodb-could-allow-memory-leakage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newestek.com\/?p=15388","title":{"rendered":"High severity flaw in MongoDB could allow memory leakage"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div id=\"remove_no_follow\">\n<div class=\"grid grid--cols-10@md grid--cols-8@lg article-column\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-10@md col-6@lg col-start-3@lg\">\n<div class=\"article-column__content\">\n<section class=\"wp-block-bigbite-multi-title\">\n<div class=\"container\"><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>Document database vendor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.infoworld.com\/article\/2267076\/what-is-mongodb-a-quick-guide-for-developers.html\" target=\"_blank\">MongoDB<\/a> has advised customers to update immediately following the discovery of a flaw that could allow unauthenticated users to read uninitialized heap memory.<\/p>\n<p>Designated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cve.org\/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-14847\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CVE-2025-14847<\/a>, the bug, mismatched length fields in zlib compressed protocol headers, <a href=\"https:\/\/cwe.mitre.org\/data\/definitions\/130.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">could allow an attacker<\/a> to execute arbitrary code and potentially seize control of a device.<\/p>\n<p>The flaw affects the following MongoDB and MongoDB Server versions:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>MongoDB 8.2.0 through 8.2.3<\/li>\n<li>MongoDB 8.0.0 through 8.0.16<\/li>\n<li>MongoDB 7.0.0 through 7.0.26<\/li>\n<li>MongoDB 6.0.0 through 6.0.26<\/li>\n<li>MongoDB 5.0.0 through 5.0.31<\/li>\n<li>MongoDB 4.4.0 through 4.4.29<\/li>\n<li>All MongoDB Server v4.2 versions<\/li>\n<li>All MongoDB Server v4.0 versions<\/li>\n<li>All MongoDB Server v3.6 versions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In its <a href=\"https:\/\/jira.mongodb.org\/browse\/SERVER-115508\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">advisory<\/a>, MongoDB \u201cstrongly suggested\u201d that users upgrade immediately to the patched versions of the software: MongoDB 8.2.3, 8.0.17, 7.0.28, 6.0.27, 5.0.32, or 4.4.30.<\/p>\n<p>However, it said, \u201cif you cannot upgrade immediately, disable zlib compression on the MongoDB Server by starting <em>mongod<\/em> or <em>mongos<\/em> with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mongodb.com\/docs\/manual\/reference\/program\/mongod\/#std-option-mongod.--networkMessageCompressors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">networkMessageCompressors<\/a> or a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mongodb.com\/docs\/manual\/reference\/configuration-options\/#mongodb-setting-net.compression.compressors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">net.compression.compressors<\/a> option that explicitly omits zlib.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>MongoDB, one of the most popular NoSQL <a href=\"https:\/\/www.infoworld.com\/article\/4089472\/document-databases-understanding-your-options.html?utm=hybrid_search\" target=\"_blank\">document databases<\/a> for developers, says it currently has more than 62,000 customers worldwide, including 70% of the Fortune 100.<\/p>\n<p><em>This article originally appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.infoworld.com\/article\/4111707\/high-severity-flaw-in-mongodb-could-allow-memory-leakage.html\" target=\"_blank\">InfoWorld<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Document database vendor MongoDB has advised customers to update immediately following the discovery of a flaw that could allow unauthenticated users to read uninitialized heap memory. Designated CVE-2025-14847, the bug, mismatched length fields in zlib compressed protocol headers, could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code and potentially seize control of a device. The flaw affects the following MongoDB and MongoDB Server versions: MongoDB 8.2.0&#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"more\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/newestek.com\/?p=15388\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","is-cat-link-borders-light is-cat-link-rounded"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newestek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newestek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newestek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newestek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newestek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newestek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15388\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newestek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newestek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newestek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}