CVE-2020-7924: MongoDB Database Tools

Medium severity, CVSS 6.5. EPSS: 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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 products

• MongoDB Database Tools: from 3.6.5, before 3.6.21 (fixed in 3.6.21); from 4.0.0, before 4.0.21 (fixed in 4.0.21); from 4.2.0, before 4.2.11 (fixed in 4.2.11); from 100.0.0, before 100.2.0 (fixed in 100.2.0)
• MongoDB Mongomirror: before 0.6.0 (fixed in 0.6.0)

Published 2021-04-12. Last modified 2026-06-17.