CVE-2025-6713

MongoDB Server may be susceptible to privilege escalation due to $mergeCursors stage

An unauthorized user may leverage a specially crafted aggregation pipeline to access data without proper authorization due to improper handling of the $mergeCursors stage in MongoDB Server. This may lead to access to data without further authorisation. This issue affects MongoDB Server MongoDB Server v8.0 versions prior to 8.0.7, MongoDB Server v7.0 versions prior to 7.0.19 and MongoDB Server v6.0 versions prior to 6.0.22

Affected

MongoDB Inc · MongoDB Server

CVSS v3.1 NVD

6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS v3.1 MONGODB

7.7 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS

0.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 35th percentile

Published

2025-07-07

Updated

2025-07-18

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• c137req/CVE-2025-67131★ · 2026-03-06

Security advisories

• https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-106752

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry