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CVE-2025-23061 Details

Description

Mongoose before 8.9.5 can improperly use a nested $where filter with a populate() match, leading to search injection. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2024-53900.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:9.8 CRITICALVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CNA: [email protected]CVSS-B:9 CRITICALVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://github.com/Automattic/mongoose/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md	[email protected]	Release Notes
https://github.com/Automattic/mongoose/commit/64a9f9706f2428c49e0cfb8e223065acc645f7bc	[email protected]	Patch
https://github.com/Automattic/mongoose/releases/tag/8.9.5	[email protected]	Release Notes
https://www.npmjs.com/package/mongoose?activeTab=versions	[email protected]	Product

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-94	Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
mongoosejs mongoose	< 6.13.6 >= 7.0.0, < 7.8.4 >= 8.0.0, < 8.9.5
CPE cpe:2.3:a:mongoosejs:mongoose::::::node.js::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	CISA-ADP
Oct 31, 2025	Reanalysis	[email protected]
Oct 3, 2025	Initial Analysis	[email protected]
Jan 15, 2025	New CVE Received	[email protected]