Usage of specific command line parameter in MongoDB Tools which was originally intended to just skip hostname checks, may result in MongoDB skipping all certificate validation. This may result in accepting invalid certificates.This issue affects: MongoDB Inc. MongoDB Database Tools 3.6 versions later than 3.6.5; 3.6 versions prior to 3.6.21; 4.0 versions prior to 4.0.21; 4.2 versions prior to 4.2.11; 100 versions prior to 100.2.0. MongoDB Inc. Mongomirror 0 versions later than 0.6.0.

Affected Packages

Go github.com/mongodb/mongo-tools

Affected versions: 100.0.0 (fixed in 100.2.0)

Related CVEs

CVE-2020-7924

Key Information

GHSA ID

GHSA-6cwm-wm82-hgrw

Published

May 24, 2022 5:47 PM

Last Modified

July 3, 2024 9:05 PM

CVSS Score

5.0 /10

Primary Ecosystem

Primary Package

github.com/mongodb/mongo-tools

GitHub Reviewed

✓ Yes

Dataset

Last updated: September 15, 2025 6:32 AM

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