Security advisory

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-24391",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2020-24391",
    "summary": "mongo-express before 1.0.0 offers support for certain advanced syntax but implements this in an unsafe way. NOTE: this may overlap CVE-2019-10769.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-24391",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
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              "type": "GIT",
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                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
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            "v0.11.3",
            "v0.11.2",
            "v0.11.1",
            "v0.11.0",
            "v0.10.0",
            "v0.9.0",
            "v0.8.1",
            "v0.8.0",
            "v0.7.1",
            "v0.7.0",
            "v0.6.0",
            "v0.5.0",
            "v0.4.0",
            "v0.3.4",
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          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-24391.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:52:50.971632762Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/mongodb-js/query-parser/issues/16",
        "https://github.com/mongo-express/mongo-express/commit/3a26b079e7821e0e209c3ee0cc2ae15ad467b91a"
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        "value": "CVE-2020-24391",
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 383953,
  "published_at": "2021-03-30T21:15:13.89+00:00"
}