Critical

Command Injection in marsdb

  • Disclosed: 03.09.2020
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

All versions of marsdb are vulnerable to Command Injection. In the DocumentMatcher class, selectors on $where clauses are passed to a Function constructor unsanitized. This allows attackers to run arbitrary commands in the system when the function is executed.

Recommendation

No fix is currently available. Consider using an alternative package until a fix is made available.

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
npm package marsdb >= 0.0.0 no fix

References

CVSS score -
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-77
Platform
npm
Package
marsdb
Disclosed
03.09.2020
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-5mrr-rgp6-x4gr - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: marsdb

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This is the only known vulnerability of this package.

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