CVE-2026-18696

published 2026-08-11

CVE-2026-18696: An issue in MongoDB Server's applyOps command could allow an authenticated user with specific non-default privileges to perform certain data-definition…

Priority P3 37 medium 6.5 CVSS 3.1

AV N AC L PR H UI N S U C N I H A H

An issue in MongoDB Server's applyOps command could allow an authenticated user with specific non-default privileges to perform certain data-definition operations, such as dropping or modifying collections, against collections they do not have permission to manipulate. This is due to an inconsistency in how the target collection is determined between the authorization check and the actual operation.

Affected

10 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
mongodb	mongodb	—	—
mongodb	mongodb	—	—
mongodb	mongodb	—	—
mongodb	mongodb	>= 7.0.0 < 7.0.40	7.0.40
mongodb	mongodb	>= 8.0.0 < 8.0.29	8.0.29
mongodb	mongodb	8.2.0 – 8.2.12	—
mongodb	mongodb	>= 8.3.0 < 8.3.8	8.3.8
mongodb	mongodb_server	>= 7.0 < 7.0.40	7.0.40
mongodb	mongodb_server	>= 8.0 < 8.0.29	8.0.29
mongodb	mongodb_server	>= 8.3.0 < 8.3.8	8.3.8

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.1 6.5 MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

nvd v4.0 7.0 HIGH CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

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