High

MongoDB .NET/C# Driver vulnerable to Deserialization of Untrusted Data

  • Disclosed: 21.02.2023
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 11:22

Under very specific circumstances, a privileged user is able to cause arbitrary code to be executed which may cause further disruption to services. This is specific to applications written in C#. This affects all MongoDB .NET/C# Driver versions prior to and including v2.18.0

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
.NET (NuGet) MongoDB.Driver < 2.19.0 2.19.0

References

CVSS score 7.2/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-502
Platform
.NET (NuGet)
Package
MongoDB.Driver
Disclosed
21.02.2023
Updated
11.10.2026 11:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-7j9m-j397-g4wx - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: MongoDB.Driver

All published vulnerabilities of this package (.NET (NuGet)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

Total entries
2
First → latest
05.2022 02.2023
Without a fix
0
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • High 1
  • Medium 1

Disclosures per year

  1. 2022: 1
  2. 2023: 1
  3. 2024: 0
  4. 2025: 0
  5. 2026: 0
  1. MongoDB .NET/C# Driver vulnerable to Deserialization of Untrusted Data this entry
    High · 7.2 CVE-2022-48282 < 2.19.0 2.19.0
  2. Medium · 4.9 CVE-2021-20331 >= 2.11.0, < 2.12.2 2.12.2

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