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Moderate severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 25, 2021· Updated Sep 16, 2024

MongoDB Node.js client side field level encryption library may not be validating KMS certificate

CVE-2021-20327

Description

A specific version of the Node.js mongodb-client-encryption module does not perform correct validation of the KMS server’s certificate. This vulnerability in combination with a privileged network position active MITM attack could result in interception of traffic between the Node.js driver and the KMS service rendering client-side field level encryption (CSFLE) ineffective. This issue was discovered during internal testing and affects mongodb-client-encryption module version 1.2.0, which was available from 2021-Jan-29 and deprecated in the NPM Registry on 2021-Feb-04. This vulnerability does not impact driver traffic payloads with CSFLE-supported key services from applications residing inside the AWS, GCP, and Azure nework fabrics due to compensating controls in these environments. This issue does not impact driver workloads that don’t use Field Level Encryption. This issue affect MongoDB Node.js Driver mongodb-client-encryption module version 1.2.0

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PackageAffected versionsPatched versions
mongodb-client-encryptionnpm
>= 1.2.0, < 1.2.11.2.1

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