CVE-2025-40906

CRITICAL EPSS 41.0%
Published May 16, 20251y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
9.8 CVSS 3.1
Critical
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Published May 16, 2025 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

BSON::XS versions 0.8.4 and earlier for Perl includes a bundled libbson 1.1.7, which has several vulnerabilities. Those include CVE-2017-14227, CVE-2018-16790, CVE-2023-0437, CVE-2024-6381, CVE-2024-6383, and CVE-2025-0755. BSON-XS was the official Perl XS implementation of MongoDB's BSON serialization, but this distribution has reached its end of life as of August 13, 2020 and is no longer supported.

CVSS Details

Base Score
9.8
Exploitability
3.9
Impact
5.9
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity High
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
41.0% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 3

CWE-1104
CWE-122
CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound Numeric Error

References 2

  • lists.debian.org https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00012.html
  • mongodb.com https://www.mongodb.com/community/forums/t/mongodb-perl-driver-end-of-life/7890

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.