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CVE-2024-5629
Out-of-Bounds Read in pymongo (CVE-2024-5629)
Summary
vulnerability in pymongo (CVE-2024-5629). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to `4.6.3` or later.
AI summary snake-internal / snake-material-v2
A vulnerability tracked as **CVE-2024-5629** has been found in pymongo.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: ?/10.
What to do: upgrade pymongo to **4.6.3** or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "pymongo CVE-2024-5629" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2024-5629 (pymongo) — CWE-125 /
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated
Patched: `4.6.3` — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
❓ What is the problem
**out-of-bounds read** (CWE-125) exists in pymongo.
📍 Affected scope
pymongo — .
🔥 Severity
Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure
🔧 How to fix
Update to **4.6.3**.
🛡️ Workaround
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
🔍 Detection
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run `grep -r 'pymongo' .` against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response Actions (7 steps)
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'pymongo' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で `pymongo` を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
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6Apply patch patch
Upgrade pymongo to 4.6.3ステージング環境で 4.6.3 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスと、Step 3 で見つけた異常検知の続報チェックを含めること。
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7Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番では Step 3 と同じログクエリでアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
PyPI
pymongo
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.6.3"}]}]
References
- advisory https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5629
- advisory https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m87m-mmvp-v9qm
- package https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-python-driver
- package https://pypi.org/project/pymongo
- web https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-python-driver/commit/56b6b6dbc267d365d97c037082369dabf37405d2
- web https://gist.github.com/keltecc/62a7c2bf74a997d0a7b48a0ff3853a03
- web https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/PYTHON-4305
- web https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00007.html
- web https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PYTHON-PYMONGO-6370597