Plaintext storage of encrypted fields via skipped embedded models in encryption schema generation

published 2026-09-18 51 d ago modified 2026-09-24 46 d ago also EUVD-2026-83195

cvss: 6.5; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.1%; EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 4%
public exploits: 0; none known

Mongoid may omit encryption rules for fields declared on embedded models when generating the client-side field-level encryption schema. Applications that enable this feature can therefore store values intended to be encrypted in readable form, with no error or warning. A party with routine read access to the database, a backup, or the underlying data files may then see data that was meant to remain unreadable outside the application.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

mongodb mongoid 9.0.12

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2026-93764 updated 2026-09-29 cvss 6.5

mongoid: Mongoid: Information disclosure via skipped embedded model encryption

Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 48 d ago (2026-09-21)

Exploit prediction

0.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 4% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	4.0	7.1	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CNA	3.1	6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CNA	4.0	7.1	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/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 products

MongoDB Inc. Mongoid

Classification

Weakness

CWE-312 Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

References

jira.mongodb.org /browse/MONGOID-5989
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2026-93764
NVD CVE-2026-93764

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Summary