Ops Manager RCE via webhook body
Priority MEDIUM 43CWE-77Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-77.
Summary
An administrative user with access to configure webhooks can execute arbitrary commands by configuring and then triggering webhooks containing specific FreeMarker template syntax. This issue affects all MongoDB Ops Manager 7.0 versions and MongoDB Ops Manager versions 8.0.22 and prior.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00371 31st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Ops Manager (MongoDB, Inc.): 8.0.23
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Ops Manager (MongoDB, Inc.) Fixed in 8.0.23
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-8431
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6m5j-p732-cfhq
- 2026-10-25 EPSS moved to the below the 50th percentile
References
More MongoDB Ops Manager vulnerabilities
- TI-2020-06410 Potential privilege escalation in Ops Manager API CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
- 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-2026-8431 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-8431 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-6m5j-p732-cfhq · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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