CVE-2026-18712 PUBLISHED

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

Assigner: mongodb
Reserved: 03.08.2026 Published: 11.08.2026 Updated: 11.08.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: 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
CVSS Score: 7.2

Product Status

Vendor MongoDB
Product MongoDB Server
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 8.3.0 to 8.3.8 (excl.)
  • affected from 8.0 to 8.0.29 (excl.)
  • affected from 7.0 to 7.0.40 (excl.)

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization CWE