MongoDB Authentication Disabled

ID: file-mongodb-auth-disabled

Severity: high

Author: pussycat0x

Tags: file,mongodb,audit,hardening

Description

Detects if MongoDB authentication is disabled or missing in mongod.conf. If ‘authorization: enabled’ is missing under ‘security:’, authentication is not enforced.

YAML Source

id: file-mongodb-auth-disabled

info:
  name: MongoDB Authentication Disabled
  author: pussycat0x
  severity: high
  description: |
    Detects if MongoDB authentication is disabled or missing in mongod.conf. If 'authorization: enabled' is missing under 'security:', authentication is not enforced.
  reference:
    - https://wiki.devsecopsguides.com/docs/checklists/mongodb/
    - https://wiki.devsecopsguides.com/docs/checklists/mongodb/
  metadata:
    verified: true
  tags: file,mongodb,audit,hardening

file:
  - extensions:
      - conf

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        words:
          - "storage"
          - "operationProfiling"
          - "#security"
        condition: and

      - type: word
        words:
          - "authorization: enabled"
        negative: true
# digest: 490a0046304402203908544123052db08fd523dc16090b44c17b03c8012ca0ca49145c22548e49a30220673d23799471c1c3380e7d46b6b38f3abfdbaae0f0f33713e7ecf882c1601ba7:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

Guide to check the vulnerabilities

This template is used to detect vulnerabilities in web applications. It can be used with the Nuclei tool to scan for specific patterns or behaviors.

$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "file/audit/mongodb/file-mongodb-auth-disabled.yaml"

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