{"id":86539,"date":"2026-02-24T06:27:41","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T06:27:41","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T06:00:00","slug":"cve-2025-6709-denial-of-service-vulnerability-in-mongodb-server-due-to-improper-date-value-handling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-6709-denial-of-service-vulnerability-in-mongodb-server-due-to-improper-date-value-handling\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-6709: Denial of Service Vulnerability in MongoDB Server Due to Improper Date Value Handling<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This report analyzes a critical vulnerability identified as CVE-2025-6709 in the MongoDB Server. The vulnerability exposes systems to a potential denial of service attack and potentially allows for system compromise or data leakage. It arises from improper handling of specific date values in JSON input when using OIDC authentication, affecting multiple versions of MongoDB Server. Understanding this vulnerability is crucial for system administrators and security professionals to ensure the safety of their MongoDB installations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-6709<br \/>\nSeverity: High (7.5 CVSS Score)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: Low for v7.0 and v8.0 versions, High for v6.0 versions<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: Denial of Service leading to potential system compromise or data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-2181730794\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 700px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 8px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 40px; height: 40px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    A new way to communicate\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 12px;\">\r\n    Ameeba Chat is built on encrypted identity, not personal profiles.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 16px;\">\r\n    Message, call, share files, and coordinate with identities kept separate.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\r\n    <li>\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Ameeba Chat authenticates access<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Aliases and categories<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, and files<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Secure notes for sensitive information<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\r\n    Private communication, rethought.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Download Ameeba Chat<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Learn More<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>MongoDB Server | v7.0 prior to 7.0.17<br \/>\nMongoDB Server | v8.0 prior to 8.0.5<br \/>\nMongoDB Server | v6.0 prior to 6.0.21<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The vulnerability stems from the MongoDB Server&#8217;s mishandling of specific date values in JSON input when using OIDC authentication. An attacker can exploit this by sending a malicious JSON payload using the MongoDB shell, leading to an invariant failure and server crash, hence causing a denial of service.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-3625316289\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>A conceptual exploit might involve sending a malicious JSON payload with a specific date value that triggers the server crash. The following is a pseudocode representation:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">mongo target.example.com\/db --eval &#039;db.collection.insert({date: new Date(&quot;malicious_date&quot;)})&#039;<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this pseudocode, `target.example.com\/db` represents the target MongoDB server, `db.collection.insert({date: new Date(&#8220;malicious_date&#8221;)})` is the malicious payload, with `&#8221;malicious_date&#8221;` being a date value that triggers the vulnerability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview This report analyzes a critical vulnerability identified as CVE-2025-6709 in the MongoDB Server. The vulnerability exposes systems to a potential denial of service attack and potentially allows for system compromise or data leakage. It arises from improper handling of specific date values in JSON input when using OIDC authentication, affecting multiple versions of MongoDB [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"vendor":[],"product":[],"attack_vector":[],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-86539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86539"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86539\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86539"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=86539"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=86539"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=86539"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=86539"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=86539"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=86539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}