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Fencer Vulns
high 8.1

CVE-2026-18712 json

Improper Authorization in MongoDB Queryable Encryption Maintenance Operations Allows Unauthorized Modification of Other Collections

published 2026-08-11 2 mo ago modified 2026-10-01 38 d ago also BIT-mongodb-2026-18712 , EUVD-2026-56885

cvss
8.1
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 14%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An issue in MongoDB Server's Queryable Encryption maintenance operations could allow an authenticated user with privileges on one encrypted collection to cause unauthorized modification or destruction of data belonging to a different collection. This is due to insufficient validation of certain internal metadata references before they are used to perform operations on other namespaces.

Patch / fix

  • bitnami mongodb 7.0.40, 8.0.29, 8.3.8, 9.0.2
  • MongoDB MongoDB Server 7.0.40, 8.0.29, 8.3.8

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 14% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 4.0 7.2 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CNA 3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CNA 4.0 7.2 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
bitnami mongodb
>=7.0.0, <7.0.40
>=8.0.0, <8.0.29
>=8.2.0, <8.3.8
>=9.0.0, <9.0.2
7.0.40
8.0.29
8.3.8
9.0.2

Affected products

  • MongoDB MongoDB Server

Classification

Weakness
Technology feeds

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.