Sensitive data could be written to mongod.log
Priority LOW 29CWE-532Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-532.
Summary
The ldapQueryPassword parameter, when set through the runtime setParameter command, will log the new password to the mongod.log file in plain text.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00109 1st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed MongoDB Server (MongoDB): 8.3.3, 8.2.10, 8.0.24 +1
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MongoDB | MongoDB Server | 8.3.0 to before 8.3.3; 8.2.0 to before 8.2.10; 8.0.0 to before 8.0.24; 7.0.0 to before 7.0.35 | 8.3.3, 8.2.10, 8.0.24, 7.0.35 | Patch available | CNA |
- MongoDB Server VendorMongoDB Affected 8.3.0 to before 8.3.3; 8.2.0 to before 8.2.10; 8.0.0 to before 8.0.24; 7.0.0 to before 7.0.35 Fixed in 8.3.3, 8.2.10, 8.0.24, 7.0.35 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 7.0.0 to before 7.0.35; 8.0.0 to before 8.0.24; 8.2.0 to before 8.2.10; 8.3.0 to before 8.3.3 | Vulnerable | MongoDB |
- cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.0.0 to before 7.0.35; 8.0.0 to before 8.0.24; 8.2.0 to before 8.2.10; 8.3.0 to before 8.3.3 Vulnerable ·MongoDB
Remediation
- Fix · CNA MongoDB Server (MongoDB) Fixed in 8.3.3, 8.2.10, 8.0.24, 7.0.35
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
MongoDB Server 7.0.35, 8.0.24 and 2 more versions
9 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 1 MEDIUM, 8 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-08537 Unbounded recursion in BSONColumn interleaved-reference causes pre-auth stack overflowPriority MEDIUM 44
- TI-2026-08550 Server crash via malformed binary diff passed to $_internalApplyOplogUpdate.Priority LOW 31
- TI-2026-08549 GeometryCollection with strict-winding polygon causes server crash during 2dsphere index key generationPriority LOW 31
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-9751
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-52qm-pr2g-7h6x
References
More Mongodb vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-13542 Zlib compressed protocol header length confusion may allow memory read KEVCVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2013-01669 MongoDB before 2.0.9 and 2.2.x before 2.2.4 does not properly validate requests to the… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.0
- TI-2026-56639 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in MongoDB Sharded Cluster Router Allows Unauthenticated Denial of Service CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-56628 Reachable assertion in MongoDB Server CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-15322 Improper Input Validation in MongoDB Aggregation Framework Allows Unauthenticated Denial of Service on mongos CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-08537 Unbounded recursion in BSONColumn interleaved-reference causes pre-auth stack overflow CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
Sources
- CVE-2026-9751 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-9751 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-52qm-pr2g-7h6x · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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