8.1High
Mongodb Mongodb
CVE-2026-18690
An issue in MongoDB Server could allow an authenticated user with a limited database-scoped role to perform an action against protected system collections that their assigned privileges should not permit. This could result in critical system collections being dropped and recreated without proper authorization.
What this means for your business
- It affects Mongodb. It matters if your company, or a supplier that handles your data, runs it.
- An attacker can use it remotely, over a network, with an ordinary user login, and without anyone at your company clicking anything.
- FIRST's prediction model gives it a 0.3% chance of attack attempts being seen in the next 30 days, ranking above 18% of all known flaws.
What to do
- 1Check whether your company or your suppliers run Mongodb, and which version. The affected versions are listed further down this page.
- 2If you do, apply the vendor's fix. A patch or vendor advisory has been published.
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Scoring
- CVSS
- 8.1 (v3.1)
- Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H- CVSS v4
- 7.2
- Weakness
- CWE-863
- Assigned by
- cna@mongodb.com
Dates
- Published
- 2026-08-11
- Last modified
- 2026-09-16
- Sources
- NVD
Affected products
- Mongodb Mongodb7.0.0 - 7.0.40, 8.0.0 - 8.0.29, 8.2.0 - 8.2.12, 8.3.0 - 8.3.8, 9.0.0, 9.1.0
As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.