Potential privilege escalation in Ops Manager API
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Will not fix Red Hat: no fix planned
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
Specially crafted API calls may allow an authenticated user who holds Organization Owner privilege to obtain an API key with Global Role privilege. This issue affects MongoDB Ops Manager v4.2 versions prior to and including 4.2.17, MongoDB Ops Manager v4.3 versions prior to and including 4.3.9 and MongoDB Ops Manager v4.4 versions prior to and including 4.4.2.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton) | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
Not affected: 3 products
- Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2
- Red Hat Software Collections
- Red Hat Update Infrastructure 3 for Cloud Providers
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-7927
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8v6g-rf54-42cg
References
More MongoDB Ops Manager vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-07412 Ops Manager RCE via webhook body CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.4
- TI-2026-69857 Uncontrolled resource consumption in MongoDB Ops Manager monitoring endpoints CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
- TI-2021-03623 SSL may be unexpectedly disabled during upgrade of multiple-server MongoDB Ops Manager CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.7
- TI-2019-01948 Potential exposure of log information in Ops Manager CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.8
- TI-2026-69856 MongoDB Ops Manager exposes pending MFA enrollment seeds in user listings CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.0
- TI-2026-69855 Improper authorization in MongoDB Ops Manager host monitoring retrieval CVSS 4.0LOW 2.3
Sources
- CVE-2020-7927 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-7927 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-8v6g-rf54-42cg · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2020-7927 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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