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CVE-2023-4009: Privilege Escalation for Project Owner and Project User Admin Roles in Ops Manager

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-08-08 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-648

Description

In MongoDB Ops Manager v5.0 prior to 5.0.22 and v6.0 prior to 6.0.17 it is possible for an authenticated user with project owner or project user admin access to generate an API key with the privileges of org owner resulting in privilege escalation.

Affected products

• MongoDB Ops Manager Server: from 5.0.0 before 5.0.22; from 6.0.0 before 6.0.17 — fixed in 5.0.22, 6.0.17

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: MongoDB Ops Manager Server 5.0.22, 6.0.17. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230831-0013/
• https://www.mongodb.com/docs/ops-manager/current/release-notes/application/#onprem-server-6-0
• https://www.mongodb.com/docs/ops-manager/v5.0/release-notes/application/#onprem-server-5-0-22
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230831-0013/
• https://www.mongodb.com/docs/ops-manager/current/release-notes/application/#onprem-server-6-0
• https://www.mongodb.com/docs/ops-manager/v5.0/release-notes/application/#onprem-server-5-0-22

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