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Medium 6.5Published Aug 11, 2026

CVE-2026-18704Improper Authorization in MongoDB Aggregation Framework Allows Read-Only User to Perform Unauthorized Write Operations

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It affects MongoDB Server and 1 other product. Add what you run to find out whether that includes you.

No exploitation reported and no EPSS estimate yet.

An issue in MongoDB Server's aggregation framework could allow an authenticated user with only read privileges to perform write operations against collections they should not be able to modify. This is due to an internal-use aggregation stage being reachable by external clients without an appropriate authorization check on its embedded operations.

CVSS
6.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-862
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

Affected products
MongoDB MongoDB Server
mongodb:server (from the name)
from 8.3.0 before 8.3.8
CNA record
mongodb mongodb
mongodb:mongodb
from 8.3.0 before 8.3.8
NVD

References

  • vendor-advisory, issue-tracking

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