CVE-2025-1755: MongoDB Compass may be susceptible to local privilege escalation in Windows

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-02-27 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-426

Description

MongoDB Compass may be susceptible to local privilege escalation under certain conditions potentially enabling unauthorized actions on a user's system with elevated privileges, when a crafted file is stored in C:\node_modules\. This issue affects MongoDB Compass prior to 1.42.1

Affected products

MongoDB Compass: before 1.42.1 — fixed in 1.42.1
RedHat Enterprise Linux For Arm 64: 9.0_aarch64
RedHat Enterprise Linux For Ibm Z Systems: 9.0_s390x
RedHat Enterprise Linux Server For Power Little Endian Update Services For Sap Solutions: 9.0_ppc64le
RedHat Enterprise Linux Update Services For Sap Solutions: 9.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: MongoDB Compass 1.42.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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