CVE-2021-32039
Published: 20 January 2022
Summary
CVE-2021-32039 is a medium-severity Insufficiently Protected Credentials (CWE-522) vulnerability in Mongodb Mongodb. Its CVSS base score is 5.5 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 33.3th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-18905
Vulnerability details
Users with appropriate file access may be able to access unencrypted user credentials saved by MongoDB Extension for VS Code in a binary file. These credentials may be used by malicious attackers to perform unauthorized actions. This vulnerability affects all…
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MongoDB Extension for VS Code including and prior to version 0.7.0
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Training instructs users on protecting credentials from disclosure or unauthorized access.
Training records for security awareness and role-based training verify education on credential protection practices, tangibly reducing risks from mishandling or exposing credentials.
Protecting authenticator content from unauthorized disclosure and modification while requiring protective controls addresses insufficiently protected credentials.
Rules of behavior include credential protection and non-sharing requirements, reducing exposure of insufficiently protected credentials.
Terminating or revoking credentials stops use of insufficiently protected or lingering credentials post-termination.
Requiring confidentiality/integrity protection for stored credentials directly mitigates insufficiently protected credentials on disk or in configuration stores.
Credentials or keys delivered out-of-band are not exposed to interception or inadequate protection on the main transport.