CVE-2025-6710 | Pre-authentication Denial of Service Stack Overflow Vulnerability in JSON Parsing via Excessive Recursion in MongoDB

MongoDB Server may be susceptible to stack overflow due to JSON parsing mechanism, where specifically crafted JSON inputs may induce unwarranted levels of recursion, resulting in excessive stack space consumption. Such inputs can lead to a stack overflow that causes the server to crash which could occur pre-authorisation. This issue affects MongoDB Server v7.0 versions prior to 7.0.17 and MongoDB Server v8.0 versions prior to 8.0.5. The same issue affects MongoDB Server v6.0 versions prior to 6.0.21, but an attacker can only induce denial of service after authenticating.

Published: 2025-06-26 Last update: 2025-09-15 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2025-6710 is rated Moderate Risk (44.6/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.19%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-6710

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 2026-04-22 0.05% 0.19% +0.14%
2 2026-03-22 0.03% 0.05% +0.03%
3 2025-11-22 — 0.03% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-6710

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-6710

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-6710

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2025-6710 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (mongodb), 10 status rows across 10 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 5, deferred 4, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-6710

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-6710

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mongodb mongodb >= 6.0.0, < 6.0.21 cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
mongodb mongodb >= 7.0.0, < 7.0.17 cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
mongodb mongodb >= 8.0.0, < 8.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*

References for CVE-2025-6710

URL Tags
https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-106749 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
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