CVE-2021-23372

Denial of Service (DoS)

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Published Apr 13, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 4.4 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

All versions of package mongo-express are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) when exporting an empty collection as CSV, due to an unhandled exception, leading to a crash.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

mongo-express

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< unspecified

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mongo-express_project:mongo-express:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-2220	All versions of package mongo-express are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) when exporting an empty collection as CSV, due to an unhandled exception, leading to a crash.
Github GHSA	GHSA-m2r3-8492-vx59	Denial of Service (DoS) in mongo-express

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

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Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.910% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-MONGOEXPRESS-1085403

History

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Subscriptions

Mongo-express Project Mongo-express

Weaknesses

CWE-754

Sources

CVE record Updated: Sep 16, 2024, 7:09 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: snyk
Published: Apr 13, 2021, 3:20 PM
Updated: Sep 16, 2024, 7:09 PM
Reserved: Jan 8, 2021, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment No data

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 3:38 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Apr 13, 2021, 8:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 3:38 AM

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