CVE-2019-2389: MongoDB

Medium severity, CVSS 4.2. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Incorrect scoping of kill operations in MongoDB Server's packaged SysV init scripts allow users with write access to the PID file to insert arbitrary PIDs to be killed when the root user stops the MongoDB process via SysV init. This issue affects MongoDB Server v4.0 versions prior to 4.0.11; MongoDB Server v3.6 versions prior to 3.6.14; MongoDB Server v3.4 versions prior to 3.4.22.

Affected products

• MongoDB MongoDB: from 3.4.0, before 3.4.22 (fixed in 3.4.22); from 3.6.0, before 3.6.14 (fixed in 3.6.14); from 4.0.0, before 4.0.11 (fixed in 4.0.11)

Published 2019-08-30. Last modified 2026-06-17.