CVE-2021-32050

Some MongoDB Drivers may publish events containing authentication-related data to a command listener configured by an application

CVE-2021-32050 is fixed in 3 products on 2 platforms, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2021-32050, released August 29, 2023. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

HighFixed on 2 platforms
CVSS
7.5
high
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0065
51st percentile

Some MongoDB Drivers may erroneously publish events containing authentication-related data to a command listener configured by an application. The published events may contain security-sensitive data when specific authentication-related commands are executed. Without due care, an application may inadvertently expose this sensitive information, e.g., by writing it to a log file. This issue only arises if an application enables the command listener feature (this is not enabled by default). This issue affects the MongoDB C Driver 1.0.0 prior to 1.17.7, MongoDB PHP Driver 1.0.0 prior to 1.9.2, MongoDB Swift Driver 1.0.0 prior to 1.1.1, MongoDB Node.js Driver 3.6 prior to 3.6.10, MongoDB Node.js Driver 4.0 prior to 4.17.0 and MongoDB Node.js Driver 5.0 prior to 5.8.0. This issue also affects users of the MongoDB C++ Driver dependent on the C driver 1.0.0 prior to 1.17.7 (C++ driver prior to 3.7.0).

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Windows apps
MongoDB 6.0.27 MongoDB 6.0.27 Dec 18, 2025
Linux
mongo-c-driver · Debian 11.6 (bullseye) 1.17.6-1+deb11u1 DLA-4175-1 May 20, 2025
mongo-c-driver · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 1.18.0-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2021-32050 Aug 29, 2023
mongo-c-driver · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 1.18.0-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2021-32050 Aug 29, 2023
mongo-c-driver · Debian 14 1.18.0-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2021-32050 Aug 29, 2023
php-mongodb · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 1.11.1+1.9.2+1.7.5-4 DEBIAN-CVE-2021-32050 Aug 29, 2023
php-mongodb · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 1.11.1+1.9.2+1.7.5-4 DEBIAN-CVE-2021-32050 Aug 29, 2023
php-mongodb · Debian 14 1.11.1+1.9.2+1.7.5-4 DEBIAN-CVE-2021-32050 Aug 29, 2023

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