CVE-2026-18691Improper Authentication in MongoDB Intra-Cluster Connections Allows Credential Exposure
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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.
- CVSS
- 8.8 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-757
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- mongodb
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Aug 11, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
MongoDB MongoDB Server mongodb:server (from the name) | from 8.3.0 before 8.3.8; from 8.0 before 8.0.29; from 7.0 before 7.0.40 | CNA record |
mongodb mongodb mongodb:mongodb | from 7.0.0 before 7.0.40; from 8.0.0 before 8.0.29; from 8.2.0 through 8.2.12; from 8.3.0 before 8.3.8; 9.0.0; 9.0.0; 9.1.0 | NVD |
References
- https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-130264vendor-advisory, issue-tracking
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