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TI-2026-80027 Aliases CVE-2026-115929GHSA-r9qr-cj53-q38x

Compass trusts certificates issued by recoverable eMudhra intermediate CAs

Priority LOW 34CWE-295Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Passive
Attack complexity
High
Attack requirements
Present
Impact type
Spoofing
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-295.

Summary

MongoDB Compass before 1.53.1 relies on the Electron runtime, whose bundled TLS root certificate store contains recoverable eMudhra intermediate CA certificates. Because of improper certificate validation (CWE-295), Compass trusts certificates chained to these intermediates. An unauthenticated remote attacker who can present a certificate issued by one of these CAs and get a user to interact with the connection can intercept or alter traffic.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-02

Description from the CNA

MongoDB Compass relies on Electron, a third-party runtime that carries its own TLS root certificate store. This root certificate store has the recoverable eMudhra intermediate CA certificates. Issue is resolved by updating to Compass 1.53.1, which includes Electron 44.9.1.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00187 8th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Compass (MongoDB, Inc.): 1.53.1

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
MongoDBCompassbefore 1.53.11.53.1Patch availableCNA
  • Compass VendorMongoDB Affected before 1.53.1 Fixed in 1.53.1 Patch available CNA

Remediation

Update MongoDB Compass to version 1.53.1, which includes Electron 44.9.1.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-02

  • Fix · CNA Compass (MongoDB, Inc.) Fixed in 1.53.1

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-24 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-115929
  2. 2026-10-24 Alias added: GHSA-r9qr-cj53-q38x
  3. 2026-10-24 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
  4. 2026-11-02 CISA SSVC decision points changed

References

Other 3

  • 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
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