{"id":"BIT-mongodb-2020-7921","summary":"Administrative action may disable enforcement of per-user IP whitelisting","details":"Improper serialization of internal state in the authorization subsystem in MongoDB Server's authorization subsystem permits a user with valid credentials to bypass IP whitelisting protection mechanisms following administrative action. This issue affects MongoDB Server v4.2 versions prior to 4.2.3; MongoDB Server v4.0 versions prior to 4.0.15; MongoDB Server v4.3 versions prior to 4.3.3and MongoDB Server v3.6 versions prior to 3.6.18.","aliases":["CVE-2020-7921"],"modified":"2026-09-10T16:01:43.070334304Z","published":"2024-03-06T10:59:14.555Z","database_specific":{"severity":"Medium","cpes":["cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"]},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-45472"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7921"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"mongodb","ecosystem":"Bitnami","purl":"pkg:bitnami/mongodb"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"3.6.0"},{"fixed":"3.6.18"},{"introduced":"4.0.0"},{"fixed":"4.0.15"},{"introduced":"4.2.0"},{"fixed":"4.2.3"},{"introduced":"4.3.0"},{"fixed":"4.3.3"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/mongodb/BIT-mongodb-2020-7921.json"},"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N"}]}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}