Is CVE-2025-1756 being actively exploited?

CVE-2025-1756 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-1756?

CVE-2025-1756 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

CVE-2025-1756

HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 0.2%EU EUVD

mongosh may be susceptible to local privilege escalation under certain conditions potentially enabling unauthorized actions on a user's system with elevated privilege, when a crafted file is stored in C:\node_modules\. This issue affects mongosh prior to 2.3.0

Key facts

CVSS score: 7.5 (v3.1)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-426
EPSS score: 0.2% (5th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2025-5459)
Published: February 27, 2025
NVD last modified: June 17, 2026
Status: Analyzed

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2025-5459 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on February 27, 2025.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

mongodb / mongosh
redhat / codeready linux builder eus
redhat / codeready linux builder for arm64 eus
redhat / codeready linux builder for ibm z systems eus
redhat / codeready linux builder for power little endian eus
redhat / enterprise linux eus
redhat / enterprise linux for arm 64
redhat / enterprise linux for arm 64 eus
redhat / enterprise linux for ibm z systems
redhat / enterprise linux for ibm z systems eus
redhat / enterprise linux for power little endian eus
redhat / enterprise linux server aus
redhat / enterprise linux update services for sap solutions

Certified products that may be affected

1 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified product, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 - Red Hat, Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-VID-11526-2025 - active

References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:1756(Third Party Advisory)
https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/MONGOSH-2028(Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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