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CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HSummary
CVE-2025-1755 is a high-severity Untrusted Search Path (CWE-426) vulnerability in Mongodb Compass. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Path Interception (T1034); ranked at the 4th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to CM-6 (Configuration Settings) and CM-7 (Least Functionality) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary
Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.
CVE-2025-1755 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability in MongoDB Compass, stemming from CWE-426 (Untrusted Search Path). It affects MongoDB Compass versions prior to 1.42.1 and can be triggered under certain conditions when a crafted file is stored in the C:\node_modules\ directory. The vulnerability has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H), indicating high impact potential with local access required.
A local attacker with low privileges can exploit this vulnerability through a high-complexity attack that requires user interaction. Successful exploitation enables unauthorized actions on the user's system with elevated privileges, potentially granting full control over confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Mitigation is available via upgrade to MongoDB Compass 1.42.1 or later, as indicated by the MongoDB advisory at https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/COMPASS-9058. Red Hat has also released errata RHSA-2025:1755 addressing the issue, available at https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:1755.html.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-5457
Vulnerability Data
MongoDB Compass may be susceptible to local privilege escalation under certain conditions potentially enabling unauthorized actions on a user's system with elevated privileges, when a crafted file is stored in C:\node_modules\. This issue affects MongoDB Compass prior to 1.42.1
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Secure baseline settings can enforce absolute, organization-controlled paths for critical resources.
Least-functionality configuration can prohibit unapproved directories or executables from being reachable via search paths.
Engineering principles such as trusted paths, complete mediation, and least privilege directly require hard-coded or validated search paths instead of external ones.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Preventing execution of unauthorized code directly blocks the malicious binaries that an untrusted search path would load.
Secure development practices include avoiding or sanitizing externally influenced search paths in application code.
Hardened configuration baselines can enforce safe search paths and restrict environment variables that enable the weakness.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Security testing can discover search-path issues but does not itself prevent them in production code.
Restricting software installation reduces the chance that untrusted binaries or libraries are placed in search paths.
Secure architecture principles include hard-coded or validated search paths and avoiding reliance on untrusted directories.
Secure coding standards require absolute paths or integrity-checked search paths, directly mitigating CWE-426.
Change-management processes can enforce review of path-handling changes, indirectly lowering risk.