Insufficient validation in MongoDB Controllers for Kubernetes
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
MongoDB Controllers for Kubernetes before 1.13.0 does not sufficiently validate Ops Manager backup configuration. A user with low privileges who can modify an OpsManager custom resource can cause unintended administrative changes in Ops Manager (CWE-918). The flaw affects deployments that use Enterprise Ops Manager backup reconciliation.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Description from the CNA
In MongoDB Controllers for Kubernetes, insufficient validation of Ops Manager backup configuration may allow a user who can modify an OpsManager custom resource to cause unintended administrative changes in Ops Manager. This affects deployments using Enterprise Ops Manager backup reconciliation.
Why it matters now
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
Upgrade MongoDB Controllers for Kubernetes to version 1.13.0, which fixes this flaw.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
- Fix · CNA Mongodb Controllers for Kubernetes (MongoDB, Inc.) Fixed in 1.13.0
Timeline
- 2026-10-06 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-103546
- 2026-10-06 Alias added: GHSA-pwxc-m348-gxg8
- 2026-10-06 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
More MongoDB vulnerabilities
- TI-2019-08023 Code injection in mongo-express KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
- TI-2025-13542 Zlib compressed protocol header length confusion may allow memory read KEVCVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-79432 BSON output corruption via out-of-range binary subtype in MongoDB C# Driver CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
- TI-2026-79424 NoSQL command injection via mismatched BSON length in MongoDB C# Driver CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
- TI-2026-79422 Unbounded memory growth in MongoDB C# Driver BSON deserialization CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.2
- TI-2026-79427 Authentication bypass via issuer-and-serial-only certificate equality CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.6
Sources
- CVE-2026-103546 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-103546 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-pwxc-m348-gxg8 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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