Authentication-data exposure via unredacted command events
Published Aug 29, 2023 · Updated Nov 3, 2025
Information exposure in affected MongoDB driver releases allows local users to obtain authentication data from command-listener events. The command-monitoring path emits authentication-command fields without redacting security-sensitive values before delivering the event to an application listener. Exposure requires the nondefault command-listener feature and an application that preserves or discloses the event, such as by writing it to a log.
Summary
What happened
Information exposure in affected MongoDB driver releases allows local users to obtain authentication data from command-listener events. The command-monitoring path emits authentication-command fields without redacting security-sensitive values before delivering the event to an application listener. Exposure requires the nondefault command-listener feature and an application that preserves or discloses the event, such as by writing it to a log.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2021-32050
- Published
- Aug 29, 2023
- Updated
- Nov 3, 2025
- Vendor
- MongoDB
- Product
- MongoDB Swift Driver
- Classifications
- CWE-200
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 29, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Nov 3, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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