CVE-2020-7927: Potential privilege escalation in Ops Manager API

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2020-11-23 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-648

Description

Specially crafted API calls may allow an authenticated user who holds Organization Owner privilege to obtain an API key with Global Role privilege. This issue affects MongoDB Ops Manager v4.2 versions prior to and including 4.2.17, MongoDB Ops Manager v4.3 versions prior to and including 4.3.9 and MongoDB Ops Manager v4.4 versions prior to and including 4.4.2.

Affected products

MongoDB Inc. MongoDB Ops Manager: from 4.2.0 through 4.2.17; from 4.3.0 through 4.3.9; from 4.4.0 through 4.4.2

References

https://www.mongodb.com/docs/ops-manager/current/release-notes/application/#onprem-server-4.4.3
https://www.mongodb.com/docs/ops-manager/current/release-notes/application/#onprem-server-4.4.3

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