CVE-2020-7610

All versions of bson before 1.1.4 are vulnerable to Deserialization of Untrusted Data. The package will ignore an unknown value for an object's _bsotype, leading to cases where an object is serialized as a document rather than the intended BSON type.

Published: 2020-03-30 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2020-7610 is rated Moderate Risk (62.5/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.54%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2020-7610

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-01-16 0.70% 0.54% -0.16%
2 2025-11-21 0.85% 0.70% -0.15%
3 2025-11-18 0.85%

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2020-7610

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.8 3.1 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
3.9 5.9 [email protected]
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2020-7610

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2020-7610

GHSA-v8w9-2789-6hhr · Severity: critical · Ecosystem: npm — Deserialization of Untrusted Data in bson

OS Trackers for CVE-2020-7610

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2020-7610 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (node-mongodb), 2 status rows across 2 suites (bookworm, bullseye): resolved 2. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-7610
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-7610
ubuntu medium CVE-2020-7610 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (node-mongodb), 17 status rows across 17 suites (bionic, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 11, DNE 3, ignored 1, needs-triage 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-7610

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2020-7610

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mongodb bson >= 1.0.0, < 1.1.4 cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:bson:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

References for CVE-2020-7610

URL Tags
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-BSON-561052 Patch Third Party Advisory
cvelogic Threat Intelligence