Remote code execution in mongo-express

CRITICAL 9.8CVE-2020-24391 · GHSA-hxmg-hm46-cf62 · Published 30/03/2021 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2020-24391 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability affecting mongo-express (mongo-express project), mongodb-query-parser.
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 74.5%, higher than 99.5% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 2.0.0 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
mongo-express mongo-express_project	`≤ 0.54.0`	No fix yet
mongodb-query-parser npm	`< 2.0.0`	`2.0.0`

mongo-express before 1.0.0 offers support for certain advanced syntax but implements this in an unsafe way. NOTE: this may overlap CVE-2019-10769.

NVD description

mongo-express before 1.0.0 offers support for certain advanced syntax but implements this in an unsafe way. NOTE: this may overlap CVE-2019-10769.

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

≤ 0.54.0

No fix yet

npm

< 2.0.0

2.0.0

Description

mongo-express before 1.0.0 offers support for certain advanced syntax but implements this in an unsafe way. NOTE: this may overlap CVE-2019-10769.

NVD description

mongo-express before 1.0.0 offers support for certain advanced syntax but implements this in an unsafe way. NOTE: this may overlap CVE-2019-10769.

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