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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD9.0 Critical

CVE-2026-18691

Improper Authentication in MongoDB Intra-Cluster Connections Allows Credential Exposure

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Status
Published
Published
Updated
Assigning organization
mongodb

Description

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.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

MongoDB MongoDB Server

Default version status: unaffected

  • 8.3.0 to < 8.3.8affected
  • 8.0 to < 8.0.29affected
  • 7.0 to < 7.0.40affected

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