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MongoBleed is web scale (europe.pub)
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There are over 213k+ potentially vulnerable internet-exposed MongoDB instances, ensuring that this exploit is web scale.

MongoDB is webscale

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[–] Thorry@feddit.org 30 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

MongoDB is normally not public facing right?

[–] qaz@lemmy.world 39 points 2 weeks ago

It shouldn't be

[–] enumerator4829@sh.itjust.works 25 points 2 weeks ago

How else would you be webscale?

[–] anton@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 week ago

The default configuration in 2017 was public write access, but those databases where taken over long ago.