CVE-2019-2389 — Process termination via PID file manipulation

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MEDIUM

Process termination via PID file manipulation

Published Aug 30, 2019

5.3

MEDIUM

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 0.30%

Description

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.

Affected products

Vendor MongoDB Inc. Product MongoDB Server Default
unaffected
- Version
  3.4
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <3.4.22
- Version
  3.6
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <3.6.14
- Version
  4.0
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <4.0.11

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

MongoDB Inc.

MongoDB Server

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
3.4	affected	<3.4.22
3.6	affected	<3.6.14
4.0	affected	<4.0.11

Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton)

mongodb

Not affected
Red Hat Software Collections

rh-mongodb34-mongodb

Will not fix
Red Hat Software Collections

rh-mongodb36-mongodb

Not affected
Red Hat Update Infrastructure 3 for Cloud Providers

mongodb

Not affected

Product	Package	State	Advisory
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton)	mongodb	Not affected	n/a
Red Hat Software Collections	rh-mongodb34-mongodb	Will not fix	n/a
Red Hat Software Collections	rh-mongodb36-mongodb	Not affected	n/a
Red Hat Update Infrastructure 3 for Cloud Providers	mongodb	Not affected	n/a

Remediation

Red Hat statement

This issue affects the mongodb packages as shipped in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 6 release of Red Hat Software Collections. For the Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 7 release of Red Hat Software Collections, refer to systemd CVE-2018-16888. Red Hat Satellite 6 is using MongoDB, but is not considered vulnerable because it is using the systemd service file. Please refer to CVE-2018-16888.

Metrics

0.30% 0.00305

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00305

Score over time

2021–2026

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3

Percentile over time

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3

Table of values (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 2, 2026	0.30% (0.00305)	21.14th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Sep 20, 2026	0.30% (0.00305)	23.48th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jul 20, 2024	0.04% (0.00044)	12.95th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 25, 2024	0.04% (0.00044)	12.27th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00044)	10.26th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Jan 6, 2022	1.84% (0.01840)	47.32th	v1
Jan 5, 2022	0.42% (0.00416)	26.65th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Apr 14, 2021	0.42% (0.00416)	0.00th	v1

Weaknesses (2)

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

CWE-732

Incorrect Permission Assignment

References (5)

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-2389
Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1765182
Issue Tracking
https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-40563
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-2389
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-2389

Link	Providers	Tags
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-2389		Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1765182		Issue Tracking
https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-40563		x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-2389
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-2389