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MongoDB warns admins to patch severe RCE flaw immediately

Update 12/26/25: Article updated to correct that the flaw has not been officially classified as an RCE. MongoDB has warned IT admins to immediately patch a high-severity memory-read vulnerability that may be exploited by unauthenticated attackers remotely. Tracked as CVE-2025-14847, the security flaw affects multiple MongoDB and MongoDB Server versions and may be abused by unauthenticated threat actors in low-complexity attacks that don't require user interaction. "An client-side exploit of the Server's zlib implementation can return uninitialized heap memory without authenticating to the server. We strongly recommend upgrading to a fixed version as soon as possible," MongoDB's security team said in a Friday advisory. "We strongly suggest you upgrade immediately. If you cannot upgrade…

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Dec 24, 2025
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