CVE-2019-2389

4.2 mediumEPSS 0.3%

Medium (4.2) in mongodb mongodb. EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Incorrect scoping of kill operations in MongoDB Server's packaged SysV init scripts allow users with write access to the PID file to insert arbitrary PIDs to be killed when the root user stops the MongoDB process via SysV init. This issue affects MongoDB Server v4.0 versions prior to 4.0.11; MongoDB Server v3.6 versions prior to 3.6.14; MongoDB Server v3.4 versions prior to 3.4.22.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

4.2 medium

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 23% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWEs: CWE-20, CWE-732
Published: 2019-08-30
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

mongodb:mongodb

References

https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-40563
https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-40563

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