mongoimport shows clear password in ps

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    • Type: Bug
    • Resolution: Duplicate
    • Priority: Minor - P4
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    • Affects Version/s: 100.2.0
    • Component/s: None
    • Environment:
      Linux

      When you run mongoimport with password then every user on the host can see the password as clear text by using simple `ps` command.

      The command-line masks the password, however in process arguments it is shown as clear text:

       

      $ mongoimport --username=syslog-ng --password=secretPassword --authenticationDatabase=admin --db=mip --collection=sessions.raw 
2020-11-05T09:33:56.375+0100    connected to: mongodb://localhost/

$ mongoimport --uri=mongodb://syslog-ng:secretPassword@localhost/mip?authSource=admin -c sessions.raw
2020-11-05T09:34:41.244+0100    connected to: mongodb://[**REDACTED**]@localhost/mip?authSource=admin


$ ps -fp $(pidof -sx mongoimport)

UID        PID  PPID  C STIME TTY          TIME CMD
mediati+ 13301 13168  0 09:27 pts/1    00:00:00     mongoimport --username=syslog-ng --password=secretPassword --authenticationDatabase=admin --db=mip --collection=sessions.raw

UID        PID  PPID  C STIME TTY          TIME CMD
mediati+ 56595 56547  0 Nov04 ?        00:05:06     mongoimport --uri=mongodb://syslog-ng:secretPassword@localhost/mip?authSource=admin -c sessions.raw

      For comparison have a look at `mongo` shell, there the password is hidden as it should be:

      $ mongo --username=syslog-ng --password=secretPassword --authenticationDatabase=admin mip
$ mongo mongodb://syslog-ng:secretPassword@localhost/mip?authSource=admin 

$ ps -fp $(pidof -sx mongo)

UID        PID  PPID  C STIME TTY          TIME CMD
mediati+ 13434 13168  0 09:28 pts/1    00:00:00     mongo --username=syslog-ng --password=xxxxxxxx --authenticationDatabase=admin mip

UID        PID  PPID  C STIME TTY          TIME CMD
mediati+ 23607 13168  1 09:37 pts/1    00:00:00     mongo mongodb://syslog-ng@localhost/mip

       

      Any plans to get rid of this security flaw?

       

      Kind Regards
      Wernfried

       

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            Reporter:
            Wernfried Domscheit
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