CVE-2021-20327

MEDIUM

mongodb-client-encryption 1.2.0 - Improper Certificate Validation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A specific version of the Node.js mongodb-client-encryption module does not perform correct validation of the KMS server’s certificate. This vulnerability in combination with a privileged network position active MITM attack could result in interception of traffic between the Node.js driver and the KMS service rendering client-side field level encryption (CSFLE) ineffective. This issue was discovered during internal testing and affects mongodb-client-encryption module version 1.2.0, which was available from 2021-Jan-29 and deprecated in the NPM Registry on 2021-Feb-04. This vulnerability does not impact driver traffic payloads with CSFLE-supported key services from applications residing inside the AWS, GCP, and Azure nework fabrics due to compensating controls in these environments. This issue does not impact driver workloads that don’t use Field Level Encryption. This issue affect MongoDB Node.js Driver mongodb-client-encryption module version 1.2.0

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/NODE-3125

Scores

CVSS v3 6.4
EPSS 0.0020
EPSS Percentile 10.4%
Attack Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-295
Status published
Products (2)
mongodb/libmongocrypt 1.2.0
npm/mongodb-client-encryption 1.2.0 - 1.2.1npm
Published Feb 25, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026