# CVE-2025-6713: MongoDB Server may be susceptible to privilege escalation due to $mergeCursors stage

> CVE-2025-6713: MongoDB Server may be susceptible to privilege escalation due to $mergeCursors stage. CVSS 7.7 (CVSS 3.1).

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2025-6713
Last updated: 2026-06-17T10:02:26Z

- Published: 2025-07-07 14:46 UTC · Updated: 2026-06-17 10:02 UTC · Assigner: mongodb
- CVSS: 7.7 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: High · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS: 0.47%, 40th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: no
- CWE: CWE-285

## Description

An unauthorized user may leverage a specially crafted aggregation pipeline to access data without proper authorization due to improper handling of the $mergeCursors stage in MongoDB Server. This may lead to access to data without further authorisation. This issue affects MongoDB Server MongoDB Server v8.0 versions prior to 8.0.7, MongoDB Server v7.0 versions prior to 7.0.19 and MongoDB Server v6.0 versions prior to 6.0.22

## Affected vendors and products

- MongoDB Inc: MongoDB Server

## Tracked companies

- [MongoDB Atlas](https://rewindex.com/company/mongodb-atlas.md)

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-6713)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-6713)
- [https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-106752](https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-106752)

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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2025-6713 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2025-6713.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2025-6713 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T02:14:27.614Z