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SCA: security update for github.com/mongodb/mongo-tools (GHSA-6cwm-wm82-hgrw)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 433497

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - Usage of specific command line parameter in MongoDB Tools which was originally intended to just skip
 hostname checks, may result in MongoDB skipping all certificate validation. This may result in accepting
 invalid certificates.This issue affects: MongoDB Inc. MongoDB Database Tools 3.6 versions later than
 3.6.5; 3.6 versions prior to 3.6.21; 4.0 versions prior to 4.0.21; 4.2 versions prior to 4.2.11; 100
 versions prior to 100.2.0. MongoDB Inc. Mongomirror 0 versions later than 0.6.0. (CVE-2020-7924)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6cwm-wm82-hgrw

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 433497

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/19/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.1

Percentile: 6.91

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-7924

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/24/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/12/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-7924

cwe: CWE-295