CVE-2021-20334: MongoDB Compass

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A malicious 3rd party with local access to the Windows machine where MongoDB Compass is installed can execute arbitrary software with the privileges of the user who is running MongoDB Compass. This issue affects: MongoDB Inc. MongoDB Compass 1.x version 1.3.0 on Windows and later versions; 1.x versions prior to 1.25.0 on Windows.

Affected products

• MongoDB Compass: from 1.3.0, before 1.25.0 (fixed in 1.25.0)

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