[GHSA-vg7j-7cwx-8wgw] Mongoose search injection vulnerability

[ljharb]

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• Affected products
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Versions 0.0.1 through 3.5.16 are unaffected by this vulnerability. The vulnerable match option for mongoose populate() was introduced in version 3.8.0 (commit 29b1c35 - Nov 2013). Earlier versions do not have this code path and cannot be exploited via nested $where injection in populate match queries. Testing confirms the PoC does not trigger on versions before 3.8.0.

[ljharb]

same as #6769

[Copilot]

Pull request overview

This PR corrects the security advisory GHSA-vg7j-7cwx-8wgw for a Mongoose search injection vulnerability by updating the affected version range and adding a hyperlink reference to the related incomplete fix.

Changes:

• Updated the earliest affected version from "0" to "3.8.0" based on testing that confirmed versions before 3.8.0 are not vulnerable
• Added hyperlink to related CVE-2024-53900 advisory for context about the incomplete fix
• Updated the modified timestamp to reflect the correction

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[JonathanLEvans]

I can't find commit 29b1c35 in https://github.com/Automattic/mongoose. Also, https://www.npmjs.com/package/mongoose/v/3.8.0 was published in Oct 2013 so it can't have a commit from Nov 2013.

[JonathanLEvans]

same as #6769

In #6769, we established 3.6.0-rc0 was the first affected. Here you are saying it is 3.8.0.