Privileged code execution via unrestricted discriminator types
Published Feb 21, 2023 · Updated Mar 11, 2025
Deserialization of untrusted data in MongoDB .NET/C# Driver 2.18.0 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to execute code. The ObjectSerializer trusts a BSON _t discriminator for System.Object members and instantiates the selected type without a safe-type allowlist. Exploitation requires Windows full .NET Framework, an Object-typed model member, and unrestricted write access to the target collection.
Summary
What happened
Deserialization of untrusted data in MongoDB .NET/C# Driver 2.18.0 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to execute code. The ObjectSerializer trusts a BSON _t discriminator for System.Object members and instantiates the selected type without a safe-type allowlist. Exploitation requires Windows full .NET Framework, an Object-typed model member, and unrestricted write access to the target collection.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-48282
- Published
- Feb 21, 2023
- Updated
- Mar 11, 2025
- Vendor
- MongoDB
- Product
- MongoDB .NET/C# Driver
- Classifications
- CWE-502
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Feb 21, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Mar 11, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <=v2.18.0
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