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TI-2026-15316 Aliases CVE-2026-18691GHSA-jx4v-jf9c-3rh7

Improper Authentication in MongoDB Intra-Cluster Connections Allows Credential Exposure

Priority MEDIUM 41CWE-757Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Adjacent network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
Present
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

An issue in MongoDB Server's intra-cluster connection setup could allow a party with suitable network access to influence which authentication mechanism is used when one replica set member connects to another. Under certain conditions, this could cause the cluster's shared internal credential to be transmitted in a less-protected form, potentially allowing that credential to be recovered. If recovered, the credential could be used to authenticate as the internal superuser to nodes in the deployment.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00355 29th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed MongoDB Server (MongoDB): 8.3.8, 8.0.29, 7.0.40

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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
MongoDBMongoDB Server8.3.0 to before 8.3.8; 8.0 to before 8.0.29; 7.0 to before 7.0.408.3.8, 8.0.29, 7.0.40Patch availableCNA
  • MongoDB Server VendorMongoDB Affected 8.3.0 to before 8.3.8; 8.0 to before 8.0.29; 7.0 to before 7.0.40 Fixed in 8.3.8, 8.0.29, 7.0.40 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 4

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.0.0 to before 7.0.40; 8.0.0 to before 8.0.29; 8.2.0 – 8.2.12; 8.3.0 to before 8.3.8VulnerableMongoDB
cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:9.0.0:alpha0:*:*:-:-:*:*9.0.0 alpha0VulnerableMongoDB
cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:9.0.0:alpha1:*:*:-:-:*:*9.0.0 alpha1VulnerableMongoDB
cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:9.1.0:alpha0:*:*:-:-:*:*9.1.0 alpha0VulnerableMongoDB
  • cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.0.0 to before 7.0.40; 8.0.0 to before 8.0.29; 8.2.0 – 8.2.12; 8.3.0 to before 8.3.8 Vulnerable ·MongoDB
  • cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:9.0.0:alpha0:*:*:-:-:*:* Versions 9.0.0 alpha0 Vulnerable ·MongoDB
  • cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:9.0.0:alpha1:*:*:-:-:*:* Versions 9.0.0 alpha1 Vulnerable ·MongoDB
  • cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:9.1.0:alpha0:*:*:-:-:*:* Versions 9.1.0 alpha0 Vulnerable ·MongoDB

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA MongoDB Server (MongoDB) Fixed in 8.3.8, 8.0.29, 7.0.40

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Release ·

    MongoDB Server 7.0.40, 8.0.29, 8.3.8

    17 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 2 MEDIUM, 15 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2026-15322 Improper Input Validation in MongoDB Aggregation Framework Allows Unauthenticated Denial of Service on mongosPriority MEDIUM 44
    • TI-2026-15318 Out-of-bounds write in MongoDB ServerPriority LOW 32
    • TI-2026-15315 Improper Authorization in MongoDB Server Allows Unauthorized Actions on System CollectionsPriority LOW 32
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Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-18691
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jx4v-jf9c-3rh7

References

Advisory 1

  • 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
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