MongoDB Compass < 1.39.4 Out-of-bounds Memory Access

high Nessus Plugin ID 359481

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Synopsis

An application installed on the remote host is affected by an out-of-bounds memory access vulnerability.

Description

The version of MongoDB Compass installed on the remote host is prior to 1.39.4. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability in the bundled Electron runtime, which was updated to version 24.8.2 in this release:

- Out of bounds memory access in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 116.0.5845.110 allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory read via a crafted HTML page. (CVE-2023-4427)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to MongoDB Compass version 1.39.4 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 359481

File Name: mongodb_compass_1_39_4.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: Local

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Configuration: Enable thorough checks (optional)

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.55

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-4427

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mongodb:compass

Required KB Items: installed_sw/MongoDB Compass

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/6/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/23/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-4427

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