A client-side encryption schema construction component in the MongoDB C# Driver places…

Why it is Yellow

• CVSS 6.5 medium

References

• https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-csharp-driver/releases/tag/v3.13.0
• https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-csharp-driver/security/advisories/GHSA-ggmm-wc43-vphh
• https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/CSHARP-6174

Original description

A client-side encryption schema construction component in the MongoDB C# Driver places caller-supplied field identifiers into a position that is interpreted as a pattern expression, without normalizing or validating them. As a result, an application that designates certain fields for client-side field-level encryption may have the protection silently fail to apply, so data intended to be encrypted is stored and returned in cleartext; conversely, the rule may apply more broadly than intended. No user action is required to cause the condition, and any party with ordinary read access to the stored data — without possession of the encryption keys — can observe the unprotected values.