Authenticated KMS request forgery via CRLF injection in GCP key identifier strings
Priority LOW 25CWE-93Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- Passive
- Attack complexity
- High
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 1 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
An unauthorized user with key vault write access may cause an authorized client to issue arbitrary authenticated Google Cloud KMS API calls under the authorized user's identity, escalating database-level access into cloud key control and defeating client-side encryption.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00185 8th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial libmongocrypt (MongoDB): 1.20.2Red Hat: 1 without a fix
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
Remediation
- Fix · CNA libmongocrypt (MongoDB) Fixed in 1.20.2
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| OpenShift Pipelines | Affected | No fix yet |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-84962
References
More MongoDB Libmongocrypt vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-69711 Memory corruption in MongoDB libmongocrypt with duplicate masterKey CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-58394 Persistent client crash loop via undersized FLE2 insert-update ciphertext in decryption path CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.1
- TI-2026-56244 Cross-tenant database retargeting via dot/NUL injection in namespace strings in libmongocrypt CVSS 4.0LOW 2.0
Sources
- CVE-2026-84962 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-84962 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- CVE-2026-84962 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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