V-265925
MongoDB Enterprise Advanced 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide
Title
MongoDB must maintain the authenticity of communications sessions by guarding against man-in-the-middle attacks that guess at Session ID values.
Description
<VulnDiscussion>One class of man-in-the-middle, or session hijacking, attack involves the adversary guessing at valid session identifiers based on patterns in identifiers already known. The preferred technique for thwarting guesses at Session IDs is the generation of unique session identifiers using a FIPS 140-2 or 140-3 approved random number generator. However, it is recognized that available DBMS products do not all implement the preferred technique yet may have other protections against se...
Fix Text (Documentation Requirement)
Edit the MongoDB configuration file to ensure the "net.tls.mode" option is included and set to the value "requireTLS" as shown below: net: tls: mode: requireTLS Restart the MongoDB service from the OS $ sudo systemctl restart mongod Further documentation is here: https://www.mongodb.com/docs/v7.0/tutorial/configure-ssl/