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Medium · 4.2 CVE-2021-32050 EUVD-2023-2367GHSA-vxvm-qww3-2fh7

Some MongoDB Drivers may publish events containing authentication-related data to a command listener configured by an application

Published Aug 29, 2023 · Updated Nov 3, 2025 · Assigned by mongodb

Description

Some MongoDB Drivers may erroneously publish events containing authentication-related data to a command listener configured by an application. The published events may contain security-sensitive data when specific authentication-related commands are executed.

Without due care, an application may inadvertently expose this sensitive information, e.g., by writing it to a log file. This issue only arises if an application enables the command listener feature (this is not enabled by default).

This issue affects the MongoDB C Driver 1.0.0 prior to 1.17.7, MongoDB PHP Driver 1.0.0 prior to 1.9.2, MongoDB Swift Driver 1.0.0 prior to 1.1.1, MongoDB Node.js Driver 3.6 prior to 3.6.10, MongoDB Node.js Driver 4.0 prior to 4.17.0 and MongoDB Node.js Driver 5.0 prior to 5.8.0. This issue also affects users of the MongoDB C++ Driver dependent on the C driver 1.0.0 prior to 1.17.7 (C++ driver prior to 3.7.0).

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
MongoDB MongoDB C Driver 1.0.0 – < 1.17.7 1.17.7
MongoDB MongoDB C++ Driver 3.0.0 – < 3.7.0 3.7.0
MongoDB MongoDB PHP Driver 1.0.0 – < 1.9.2 1.9.2
MongoDB MongoDB Swift Driver 1.0.0 – < 1.1.1 1.1.1
MongoDB MongoDB Node.js Driver 3.6 – < 3.6.10, 4.0 – < 4.17.0, 5.0 – < 5.8.0 3.6.10

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 mongo-c-driver 1.18.0-1 —
Debian 14 php-mongodb 1.11.1+1.9.2+1.7.5-4 —
Debian 13 mongo-c-driver 1.18.0-1 —
Debian 13 php-mongodb 1.11.1+1.9.2+1.7.5-4 —
Debian 12 mongo-c-driver 1.18.0-1 —
Debian 12 node-mongodb No fix yet —
Debian 12 php-mongodb 1.11.1+1.9.2+1.7.5-4 —
Debian 11 mongo-c-driver 1.17.6-1+deb11u1 DLA-4175-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 php-mongodb No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS php-mongodb No fix yet —
Ubuntu 25.10 php-mongodb +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS php-mongodb +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS php-mongodb +1 No fix yet —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS php-mongodb +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS php-mongodb No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS php-mongodb No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS mongo-c-driver No fix yet —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
npm mongodb >= 3.6.0, < 3.6.10 3.6.10 GHSA-vxvm-qww3-2fh7
npm mongodb >= 4.0.0, < 4.17.0 4.17.0 GHSA-vxvm-qww3-2fh7
npm mongodb >= 5.0.0, < 5.8.0 5.8.0 GHSA-vxvm-qww3-2fh7
Packagist mongodb/mongodb >= 1.0.0, < 1.9.2 1.9.2 GHSA-vxvm-qww3-2fh7
SwiftURL github.com/mongodb/mongo-swift-driver >= 1.0.0, < 1.1.1 1.1.1 GHSA-vxvm-qww3-2fh7

Advisories 2

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